Streets how do you make em?

[NJ Devils Fan]

One more "quick idea". Before you flip those shingles over to make your streets, take a wire brush to the "grit side" of the shingle, to get some real looking coal. Those black shingles can give you some realistic, and cheap, looking coal. Using some other color shingles as well, can give you some great looking "stone, rock or other ground cover material. Maybe even some cheap ballast? I've collected some "used" shingles from a roofer who was re-doing a roof at a neighbors house. The cost? "Take all you want", was the answer.

Take a wire brush and scour the shingle over a clear "zip-lock" plastic bag (for storage). This "grit" will be easily stored for use later on. You can even mix the colors to create your own taste.

Try it, it works!