Painting & Weathering Scale Model Pavement | River Road ~ Vlog # 159 

Great tutorial as always! Love that the newspaper protection put up at the beginning actually read “Protection Plan” 😂😂

Jackso Pollock ~ canvas Eddie Van Halen ~ guitars 😄 Thanks for another great and very real lesson !

I love watching you paint and seeing the end result. You have made me a much better modler I used be afraid to screw up a paint job before but now I love acrylics now. The thing you taught me was if you screw up wash it off and start over till your satisfied. Thank you.

Boomer, your skill and creativity are only matched by your supportive commentary and sense of humor. I am not a model railroader, but I love watching your videos.

I never tire of looking at pictures of River Road. Great colour and texture! Your time management is awesome too. Enough modelling time to achieve those amazing results and the time needed to edit footage and pictures on top of that.

Boomer, your approach to modeling, painting and the artistry is awesome and refreshing. too many get hung up on any one particular method or even the mediums to use. We (my son Brett and I from The Bench Time Podcast) found that trying every method and resource out there, and there are many, even if they fail or you don't get the result you needed, makes you a better modeler and artist. Having an arsenal of techniques and experiences creates an encyclopedia of future knowledge for every facet of the hobby. I love how you keep reminding us the randomness of art. Keep creating cool stuff! Thank You. (PS we need to get you on the show as a guest!)

It really is a privilege and honour to watch this process. Thanks Boomer.

Awesome Boomer. Every time I watch one of your vlogs I can’t wait to get to my work bench and start modeling or painting.

Sfumato! Thanks for sharing this valuable technique that can be applied to all aspects of model and diorama building. I can see it being a very useful technique for finishing an antique piece of furniture as well.

Making 1/8" Balsa wood look exactly like a parking lot, Genius!!!

As always, just fantastic instructional and inspirational videos , always so look forward to them and learning something new. Cheers , thank you , looking forward to seeing the next.

Water . . . totally agree! Layers . . . totally agree! Develop your own style . . . totally agree!

Absolutely awesome boomer. Can't wait until the end result ☺️ your tutorials are great to watch....I learnt plenty.. cheers

Great video and the asphalt turned out great! I love that Vallejo air dunkelbraun, it is great for weathering rust on freight cars and old rails and looks great on the parking lot too!

Mate, you're making me nervous with all those open paint bottles. Murphy's Law!

Great video! Pavement areas look fantastic! Thanks for the video!

If there is one thing I learned from you Boomer is, to experiment. Thank you. This video reinforces all those previous have fun doing it lessons.

Your videos are always inspiring brother!!!!!

Thanks for the lesson! i am a long way from scenery but look forward to it when i do get there.

I keep coming back to this when I need a brush up on the clear coat. verithane? Basically water based polyurethane? I did some experimenting with my road on my layout. I used the woodland scenics smooth it. I think it was before I saw this video, but I didn’t put anything in to color the plaster or tone it down. It was stark white and I was going to paint it gray and maybe try to weather it. I ended up splashing ipa on it and dots of India ink. Worked pretty well. Put the Verithane over top of that.

Awesome as always, thanks Boomer!!

Superb results as usual. Cheers

Another beauty.

Boomer I know what you mean by just trying things , I often find by just messing around you get some great scenic results. To quote Bob Ross “Happy accidents” Great video Cheers from Ontario Bob

pavement has been my favorite place to experiment

Thanks for making these.

Another great video/tutorial, thanks for sharing, once again took notes, up to 48pages LOL

Thanks for sharing

I am one of those folks that you refer to often as "afraid to make painting mistakes" due to the very low model railroad budgets I have had most of my long life, and therefore felt the need to "do it right the first time" cause I can't afford money-wise or time-wise to do it over. I hate that approach and with your encouragement I am endeavoring to to learn to practice now that my budget is larger. Since I am just learning, really for the first time, how to paint model railroad scenery that looks realistic, (and yours looks absolutely is AMAZING) I want to learn to PRACTICE, but I don't know what components are critical to the results. Hence my VARATHANE question.... I can find the water-based Varathane you are using in Canada (like Home Depot for $46 can.), I have not been able to find it in the US. My question is: what are the critical elements of this VARATHANE? Obviously water-based, satin, and clear. In the US I can only find Urethane or Polyurethane. Do you think either of these would be a good substitute? I appreciate whatever help you can provide. PS: I do have access to the TAMIYA Acrylics!!

Dear Boomer, just awesome how you’ve shown these steps. Love the depth it creates. Very much like the ‘Sfumato’ approach. And indeed a lot of water is the essence, even dirty water. Still looking though for a good European Varathane alternative. Thought I found one, but it still has the tendency to give a kind of yellow sheen. Cheers

looks amazing, do you also have a video on a dirt parking lot/field? do you use real sifted earth?

Another delightful video! "Don't worry about anything, just go for it!" -Boomer

Lessons from the Throne! Thanks, Boomer!

What happen, The doctor tell you to take it easy on the alcohol. ( couldn't help myself ha ha )

Boom, looking at your drawing, on top of the balsa you put a layer of pumice gel, yes? Then, seal with varathane, before first paint later?

See I told you that you can be a teacher LoL 😉

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Boomer, great video. Know you posted awhile it back but have a quick question for you if you have time. I understand the idea of experimenting and not trying to use a set formula, but ... . You mention "wash, rinse, seal, repeat" and I want to be sure I understand as I start my own experimenting. I understand seal (satin varnish) and repeat (layers), but not sure I fully understand wash and rinse. I know you poured paint on a sealed surface and then added water to spread. Is that "wash and rinse" or have I missed something? Thanks in advance. John

Only you Boomer can make a flat board painted with grey and brown an interesting to watch video!

"Crackle paint"? Any more info, kind sir, like a brand? I presume that washes will make it look like crumbling asphalt in a future video. Thanks.

Hi Boomer! Thank you for sharing your knowledge! Based on one of your recent videos showing fast mache, I'm going to try it on my flat plywood base to give subtle terrain variation. Should I use Varathane to seal the plywood first? Latex paint? Or just put the mache mixture straight on the wood? Thanks!

Can you use something other than Varathane (polyurethane or shellac for example)?

So the asphault is done, then you notice a lonf runnning crack in the surface and think the must be a natural fault, so you make a sign saying danger AssPhalt with an arrow point to the crack..... ah ha ha ha ha

Boomer you are simply a magician. I don't know how many more times I can watch River Road videos and catch myself in awe of this masterpiece. However,my uncle that lives in Germany has a RU-vid and has a layout he is working on..If you are interested I would love to give you his channel name. I have a feeling that you and him set the standard and bar of modeling..He did some Diorama modelling for a couple German TV shows about 10 years ago. Would you be interested. I have shared your channel with him and would love for you to see his..would then love to hear your feedback..

I'm pretty versed, but i learned a new word today "Sufmato". Hat off to ya sir🖌🎓🚂🇨🇦🚃🚃🚃🚃🙋