Street Stripes

Try automotive pinstriping tape

I have to agree with Boilermaker. I was looking for striping for parking spaces as well as road stripes and I went with the suggestion of auto pinstriping. Here is the thread where it was discussed... I got mine from Amazon since there aren’t any decent auto parts stores in my neck of the woods.

https://ogrforum.com/...arking-lot-stripping

Here is a shot of the installed stripes.

I have used a white China marker, or sometimes called a grease pencil.  I use rolled roofing material for the streets so similar to the anti skid tape in that it is rough.  

The marker with a metal yardstick works well for me, dashed lines or solid easy to do.

Scott;

Rich makes a good point about the roughness of the street material. I used smooth black foam sheets, so the striping adhered well. I checked my Amazon orders and here is what I ordered (the second item is a double yellow line).

Trimbrite T1110 1/8 Pinstripe Tape White

Universal TFX 0003145 - Auto Customizing Dual Pinstripe - 3/16" x 150' (1/16” Stripe, 1/16" Gap, then 1/16” Stripe) - 145-Canary Yellow

Boilermaker1 posted:

Try automotive pinstriping tape

I'll second that. Worked great for me. Stuck well to painted plywood. All the street markings on the highway are automotive pinstripe tape.

These are painted on.  I made a stencil out of plastic then used a makeup sponge with white acrylic paint.

More great info guys. Dave, what did you paint the street with?

David Minarik posted:

These are painted on.  I made a stencil out of plastic then used a makeup sponge with white acrylic paint.

 

 

Thanks guys, I may try out a couple of these and see what I like. 

BobbyD posted:

More great info guys. Dave, what did you paint the street with?

David Minarik posted:

These are painted on.  I made a stencil out of plastic then used a makeup sponge with white acrylic paint.

 

 

 

Acrylics then a little airbrush

Instead of a magic marker, try a white paint pen - available in different widths at Michaels.

I've had some success using the single ply of toilet paper.  I needed something that would adhere to and follow the contours of the grit from the small scale ballast I used to simulate the asphalt I used for my roads.  After separating the ply of the toilet paper and cutting it into narrow strips, I soaked it in a combo of white Elmers glue and water and carefully laid them in place.  While still wet I used a Q-tip also soaked in the same combo of glue and water to work it down into the grooves.  

Back when I had a small O layout I masked off the road and used Testor's model paints to do my stripes.  Gave nice clean edges.  Being you have a textured surface that probably won't work as well, nor the pin stripeing.  That TP idea sounds like a winner.  Maybe add some yellow dye to the glue mixture to get yellow lines.