Looks OK, the road is typical of a rural road and oddly enough, there is a narrow bridge very similar to that a few suburbs away from my place, crosses the track in just the same way, over a cutting. Also has an asphalt covered timber deck. If you can make or mark fine cracks, a bit uneven along each joint, will be perfect.
That doesn't surprise me in the least, well, other than how uncanny the similarities are!
Need to make one thing clear, while I appreciate the comments about the road - that, along with the ground cover, is far FAR from finished. In fact, it hasn't even really been done where the road is concerned. All that is is some light grey paint to highlight the road and nothing more. If you like it as is, or think it is okay, yu gonna luv it when its done!
Tony that worked out quite well the house and road look good.
Thanks John, but see above. All I was doing here was putting something in place to give the idea of what things will look in the end, and to see if it was going to look anything like what I picture it to look like.
As said, if you like it as it is now, wait till I actually do it, especially where the road is concerned
With regards the road or my roads, they take about a month to do from start to finish. The forming and base coloring of the roads doesn't take that long; however, the weathering and ageing of them takes about 3 to 4 weeks of being (basically) abused by me and why I put the roads in early in the build of an area.
Essentially, once the basics are down I literally abuse them. I almost go out of my way to drop and spill stuff on them and then haphazardly wipe it off with something that is anything but clean. I don't care if I use a rag that has thinners or alcohol in it or a bit of IA or paint or anything - the dirtier the better. It takes the 3 - 4 weeks to get a decent build up of grime and stains and oily finger prints etc.
Once I have all but destroyed the once pristine finish, I give it a very light sand - very light, to remove any overly dark spots then go over the whole lot with a light wash of black or dark grey which is wiped off almost as soon as it is applied. It is to accentuate to the grime and grease that has been left, similar to what you would find on a normal road.
So, in short, my roads are weathered and aged not through washes or regular aging materials but through natural resources. As such, you can understand why I had to smile when you guys said what is depicted in the above pictures is okay