... beside the carriage siding under construction made simply from Evergreen strip chopped up in my Northwest Shortlines chopper( a great tool for this sort of repetitive work). Next I need to work out how to do the road surfaces between the sidings in the goods yard which, in this scale, needs the barest minimum of texture to suggest what would have been a pretty smooth surface. Gloss paint and talcum powder have been suggested to me, so that's one option that sounds feasible. Better reread Gordon Gravetts book on the subject! 2787_081738_340000000.jpg Kind regards Andrew posted: 8 Aug 2018 23:09 from: Martin Wynne Andrew Duncan wrote: Gloss paint and talcum powder have been suggested to me, so that's one option that sounds feasible. Better reread Gordon Gravetts book on the subject! Hi Andrew, Or gloss paint and chinchilla dust (from pet shops). It has just a fraction more texture than talcum powder, and is a useful material all round the layout for roadways, tarmac, etc. Good to see your progress. cheers, Martin. ...