1/64 scale roadways and bits

[schoon]

Originally Posted by beetle496

Here is the index to all six options: innovativehobbysupply.com/brands/real-road.html

These are pretty cool! Thanks.

[JimTullis]

Originally Posted by kbs666

For roads depending on how much I want to spend I'd either just cut grey felt into appropriate sections and glue it to green felt also cut appropriately, this would be very cheap as these things go

Hobby stores have a thin flexible foam material craft sheets that looks ok as blacktop. I've cut road sections out of that for miniatures games before. It gives a smoother surface than felt. Felt is good for denoting off-road surfaces. The foam comes in many colors, so it has options for concrete, blacktop, and several different shades of blue for water depth.

[43Supporter]

Originally Posted by JimTullis

Hobby stores have a thin flexible foam material craft sheets that looks ok as blacktop. I've cut road sections out of that for miniatures games before. It gives a smoother surface than felt. Felt is good for denoting off-road surfaces. The foam comes in many colors, so it has options for concrete, blacktop, and several different shades of blue for water depth.

Can you provide a bit more detail on this? Websearch is failing me.

[JimTullis]

https://www.hobbylobby.com/Crafts-Ho...x-5mm/p/111098

This. It is usually sold in the same aisle as the felt sheets. Cuts with scissors or craft knife. Some of it has a sticky back so you can mount it. Lots of colors.

The advantage of this over felt is bases don't catch on it like felt and it looks more like road. Felt looks better than this for off-road, like grass or sand.

[43Supporter]

Originally Posted by JimTullis

https://www.hobbylobby.com/Crafts-Ho...x-5mm/p/111098

Thanks. Now I just need to find a closer source than the nearest H.L. to me.... :)

[kbs666]

Originally Posted by 43Supporter

Thanks. Now I just need to find a closer source than the nearest H.L. to me.... :)

I never buy from HL. Michaels has all of this stuff as does Amazon. I would assume you'd be able to get it at any independent craft shop as well (or they could at least order it).

[JAA]

Originally Posted by JimTullis

https://www.hobbylobby.com/Crafts-Ho...x-5mm/p/111098

This. It is usually sold in the same aisle as the felt sheets. Cuts with scissors or craft knife. Some of it has a sticky back so you can mount it. Lots of colors.

The advantage of this over felt is bases don't catch on it like felt and it looks more like road. Felt looks better than this for off-road, like grass or sand.

This *sounds* interesting, but I am getting an error every time I follow the link:

www.hobbylobby.com - Access Denied
Error code 16
This request was blocked by the security rules
2020-01-30 13:39:52 UTC
Your IP2.xxx.xxx.xxx
|Proxy IP149.xxx.xx.xxx(ID 1xxxxx-1xx)
Incident ID: 1185012460200354737-462658945963xxxxx

(I have put the xx in to hide any possible personal info)

Anyone know what is going on?

[Andrew Hackard]

General FYI: don't use xxx to block parts of your IP, because we have dot-xxx heavily spam-filtered. Pick some other character.

[RogerBW]

Originally Posted by JAA

This *sounds* interesting, but I am getting an error every time I follow the link:
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Anyone know what is going on?

Since I'm seeing it too, I suspect they're having a tech panic.

[kbs666]

Originally Posted by RogerBW

Since I'm seeing it too, I suspect they're having a tech panic.

If you're both outside the US the site could be geo locked. Some etailers block their site from regions they don't ship to.

The link works for me right now.

You can Google "black craft foam sheets" and find other etailers that sell this, or very similar items.