I'm looking for suggestions on how to make a 22" x 32" gravel parking lot for a trailer park.
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For starters, I found that HO ballast makes nice looking gravel for O gauge. I used it to make gravel roads on my layout, with nice results.
Fusion Fiber may be what you need, found at scenic express.
Fusion Fiber works very well for me. I don't think it's available at Scenic Express anymore, but you can get it here.
I found a small fill at Michael's Arts and Crafts, in the dried flower section. Come's in black, grey, brown. I used the grey for this area in a yard and added some brown to tone it down a bit. I may add some weathering to it too at some point. Makes a good boarder on a road too.
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Here are shot shots of my N scale layout but the principals are the same. I purchased rock from Arizona Rock & Mineral. The have all different sizes and colors, including a fine powder form. I got a couple of different colors and mixed them together. Glued it down with diluted white glue mixture and a little pit of soap. Once the glue is in place you can make ruts. Here is Arizona's website.
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Another vote for HO ballast.
Pete
NORTON- seeing a Ted's hotdog stand, you must be from WNY. Joey Ricard's site Trackside Scenery has great tips for gravel roads/lots. John A
John A posted:NORTON- seeing a Ted's hotdog stand, you must be from WNY. Joey Ricard's site Trackside Scenery has great tips for gravel roads/lots. John A
Lived here most of life and am old enough to remember their original location under the Peace Bridge.
Pete
I have four gravel parking areas, two of which are at depots, another is the area at a gas station/country store, and a fourth is surrounding an area of Marston Matting where the Army parks their vehicles.
All are made with HO scale Woodland Scenics gravel/ballast.
I'm also quite proud of the section of gravel road going to the main road from one of the depots...
wild mary posted:
Thanks.
I used a static grass mat made by a German company named Heki. I just cut and stretched a strip into what was properly spaced as the center of a rural road, then placed more along each side. I very easy to complete effect which I really liked how it turned out.
Such a shame it was right next to the only mainline HO scale turnout on a layout which otherwise uses Micro Engineering On30 track, but nobody makes a curved On30 turnout...
I use rolled roofing material for a ballast mat. That way you use less ballast when you ballast the track. I also used it for this gravel lot. The stones are a bit large for a gravel lot, but it works. Plus if your lot is 22" x 32, you would have a lot of left over roofing material.
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I would like to make a gravel parking lot in o scale, what size HO ballast are you guys using for your gravel lots/roads, coarse or medium?
As a head start, and base dirt under gravel being a variable depending on regions in mind, a very coarse sandpaper with lesser amounts of chosen ballast to grey it out more (assuming you even want more "fresh" grey and not more "dirty dusty" browns/blacks.)
You could cover or mist with grey paint too.