1:35 Coblestones 'Square shape'

Cobblestones of a square shape, 1:35 scale

Cobblestones of a square shape for dioramas in 1:35. They serve for building a roadway, a square, a courtyard or the ramp up to a gateway, that is a surface that vehicles and figures really walk on.

The real subject

Square stone paving is typical of European towns and villages from the nineteenth century onward and still lies in many streets today. It is known from pebble paving at first glance: the setts have straight edges, they are laid in rows or in arcs, and the joints between them form a regular network. A real sett with an edge of around ten centimeters comes out in 1:35 at just under three millimeters, so the surface stays tiny and has to be worked on patiently.

Building and painting tips

• Prepare a level and clean base; lay the paving elements out dry first and only then glue them.
• Leave the roadway a little higher in the middle than at the edges; real paving was laid cambered for the water to run off.
• Fill the joints with a fine paste or with sand and a thinned binder, and wipe the excess off with a damp brush.
• Wash and degrease the surface before painting, so that the paint holds in the joints as well.
• Break the basic gray up with glazes toward brown and green; stone never has one single shade.
• Add a dark wash in the wheel tracks and in the gutters, and light drybrushing on the crowns of the setts instead.

Who it is for

For builders of dioramas in a European setting, whether a town street from the Second World War, a farmyard, or a separate base under a single model.

The vehicle model, the figures, the paints and the glue are not included, unless stated otherwise.