Hi all,
I'm new to dioramas and want to build one for my entry in the TD campaign but I have some questions.

1) What colours do you use for a tarmac road surface? This will be brush painted (no airbrush yet)

2) Anyone know where I can get Heki grass in the SE of the UK?

Thanks in advance for any replies.

Ciao
Luciano

Try black or dark grey tile grout for your tarmac surface. If you still want to paint instead, a good color would be Dirty Black, a railrad color mostly. Sorry, can't help with the Heki.

Art

ooh, great tip Art, I was wondering how to get that effect. Off to the bathroom store with me then.

Phil

Hi

Why not use Grey coloured sand (emery) paper. Use different grits according to scale. It also weathers up great.

Just a thought.

Try www.scenicexpress.com for some heki grass, just call their number. If you have anymore questions, feel free to PM me!

Hi, Antics do Heki in 200cm X 100cm mats @ £14.99.
Modern models, whom I've never dealt with also stock it.

Hope this helps

Crikey! Another great tip, what grades would you recommend for which scales?

Phil

I used sand paper for the base below. It´s "korn 0" grade. Dont know if this is a swedish grade system. It should be good enough to eyeball it though. Sprayed black, and then faded with dark grey.
But you could paint it black and dry brush with successively lighter versions of dark grey. Mask off any white lines and paint them in afterwards.Give it all a wash with burnt umber to weather. A brush with some dusty coloured pastels also addsto the effect. Hope this helps.

http://www.getslotted.co.uk/default.aspx?category=3&code=HK30931

Try this place mate not sure where they are located though

Redleg

Thank you all for your replies.

I will give the emery cloth method a try but will keep all your other suggestions in mind for the future.

Ciao
Luciano