Hi, All,
While I struggle with the framework for my diorama, I've been experimenting with creating some scale pavement. Being inherently lazy, I balked at manually marking and detailing such a large expanse of parking ramp, so I'm creating it in Photoshop.
Below is my first basic tarmac pattern that I created from an actual photo. I will add other details such as oil and fuel spills, fuel covers and static grounding point marks and jet blast marks on separate layers. I plan to print them out on a heavy matte paper, piece them together and then spray the whole thing with lacquer dullcote - but then, that's a long way down the line and there are a lot of options.
I am creating about five different versions of this segment, all slightly different so I can piece them together in a random pattern.
![](http://i1175.photobucket.com/albums/r637/Striker8241/B-52D%20Model/pavementslice4_72dpi_zps4a0487e5.jpg)
Below is a preliminary look at how the pavement will look with the model. I'm still experimenting with color and light shades as well.
Cheers,
Russ
![](http://i1175.photobucket.com/albums/r637/Striker8241/B-52D%20Model/DSC00987_zpsfb128e90.jpg)