Simulating a car park

[falkster]

I am wanting to simulate a carpark in the infield section of my scalextric. I have a few emergency vehicles, a helicopter/pad and usual cars but I cant seem to find out how ill simulate a car park. I only want two foot by three foot with or without white lines (but would need to know how to make white lines)

[Red Firecracker]

If you don't mind paying a couple of quid, then it's well worth looking at Scalescenes, specifically their scratchbuilders area;

http://www.scalescenes.com/scratchbuilders-yard

There's a car park (with lines) in there and details on how much to increase or decrease the size depending on scale.

[falkster]

Red Firecracker said:

If you don't mind paying a couple of quid, then it's well worth looking at Scalescenes, specifically their scratchbuilders area;

http://www.scalescenes.com/scratchbuilders-yard

There's a car park (with lines) in there and details on how much to increase or decrease the size depending on scale.

That's brilliant thanks

[Brigand]

I once glued a layer of that simulated grass onto a piece of wood and sprayed it a dark grey. Painted white lines on it and it looked quite good. I imagine at the scale that Scalextric is at, the powdered grass stuff would look like that good-quality tarmac that's quite lumpy, if you know what I mean.

[falkster]

Brigand said:

I once glued a layer of that simulated grass onto a piece of wood and sprayed it a dark grey. Painted white lines on it and it looked quite good. I imagine at the scale that Scalextric is at, the powdered grass stuff would look like that good-quality tarmac that's quite lumpy, if you know what I mean.

You actually given me another idea. I have bought some builders sand to simulate sand traps on other bends using PVA and plasterboard cut to size.

If I do what youve suggested but instead of using the simulated grass I could use the sand glued to the plaster board and then spray that black - only issue is painting the white lines, how did you do that??

[Amused2death]

How about spraying it white first, then laying out tape of the right thickness, then spraying over it again in the correct colour. Remove tape after spraying......Lined car park

[steveo3002]

sheet of wet n dry paper to look like tarmac?

cut a slit in a sheet of paper and aersol /airbrush on the parking spaces

[SV8Predator]

steveo3002 said:

sheet of wet n dry paper to look like tarmac?

cut a slit in a sheet of paper and aersol /airbrush on the parking spaces

Yes, that works well. About 120 grit, painted black, certainly looks like tarmac.

[98elise]

For lines use white car pinstripe tape.

[falkster]

SV8Predator said:

steveo3002 said:

sheet of wet n dry paper to look like tarmac?

cut a slit in a sheet of paper and aersol /airbrush on the parking spaces

Yes, that works well. About 120 grit, painted black, certainly looks like tarmac.

Wouldnt 120 grit be more like an unadopted road??

[steveo3002]

this is 600 grit..not painted , 120 would be more like gravel

[falkster]

steveo3002 said:

this is 600 grit..not painted , 120 would be more like gravel

How have you drawn the lines? iPhone picture not clear.

[steveo3002]

strips of masking tape on that one

[SV8Predator]

falkster said:

Wouldnt 120 grit be more like an unadopted road??

No, the black paint smoothes it all out. If you painted over 600 it would just be a smooth painted surface that would look like paint and not tarmac.

[Brigand]

falkster said:

.... - only issue is painting the white lines, how did you do that??

I just hand painted the lines on using Humbrol matt white paint. Took a couple of coats to cover it properly but looked pretty good.

Think I did that for a 1/48 aircraft diorama and a larger car model, think it was 1/24.