How to Build a Realistic Model Highway

In this video I show you how to build a realistic model highway. I am working on the North Texas scene on my layout and needed a two lane model highway. I used some techniques that I have never demonstrated before to build this realistic model highway on my model railroad layout.

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Contents:
0:00 Intro
1:07 Mock Up and Template
1:36 Laying Out the Highway on Styrene
2:05 Cutting Styrene
3:15 Texturing the Highway
5:31 Joining Styrene Sections
6:10 Painting the Highway
6:40 Masking and Painting Highway Stripes
8:55 Applying RR Crossing Decals
10:06 Weathering the Highway
11:33 Modeling Cracks in the Highway
12:00 Completed Highway

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