A railway layout can be just railway tracks, but many of us want to add the buildings, railway and nearby, leading to roads, and kerbs.
and then we want them to look better and some want then to be able to fool people if only for a second, so being able to model scenic items becomes of interest.
1. A simple countryside road, a simple decorators foam block covered in sandpaper, run back and forth along the foam cutting a ‘road’
2 expanded adding a old well used road
3 then kerb edges, nee I sanded the centre added a tramline for the kerb then sanded outside, then used a screwdriver flat edge and pushed in to Denmark the seperate kerbstones, painted grey then added PVA to strengthen,
where I accident ripped the foam I added sone varnish to make a puddle and correct the damage, I added a thinned black brown at the kerb edge for the build up of dirt that occurrs, this was my first puddle but I like the idea and used it often
4,5,6 foam is also brilliant at pushing in detail like lampposts again PVA will strengthen the foam, and you can see I cut concrete slabs for the pavement, rough by hand but you see the idea, I paint over the PVA afterwards to avoid too much shine
and usually avoid major fails….lol
I could be more careful but am pretty gung-ho, once an idea occurs I tend to just go for it lol.
I always use the best vehicles to enhance the area, edges of roads often lose soil and take wear and tear and the turf is rarely pristine so I mix my textures.