QUOTE (Noggins Friend @ 4 Jan 2008, 19:00)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I may not be up to the standards of my peers posting here, but has anyone considered Metcalfe. They provide an adhesive white strip of paper that is matt white. Mine are quite old now and still look quite good. I like the Metcalfe products, with suitable weathering they can be made quite realistic.
*** Nothing wrong with that at all as an approach - There are no points for doing it the hard way in this hobby, and no "wrong or right" if it gets the job done well!
Using Metcalfe, white card or paper will be a lot easier for many than getting a good consistent line with a paintbrush and as you said, it can look very good. It should also be possible to choose the paper texture to come closer to concrete or whatever is now in use, and even perhaps to emboss any "non-slip" pattern on it if it was wanted.
Richard