"A good paint for highway asphalt?" Topic

As Polly S has stopped making its excellent model railroad paint called "Weathered Asphalt", I'm searching for a decent color for my highways. I'd prefer not to have to delve into alchemy and mix paints. Does anyone have a good straight-out-of-the-bottle solution that they prefer? Thanks!

Unless it was poured the day before, it is not usually jet black.
How about a nice very dark gray, like Charcoal. then stain it.

I'd go with a medium gray, drybrushed with a light gray to catch the rocky texture.

Thanks for the suggestions. "Charcoal" granny paint seems to be a good color, John

Woodland Scenics makes an "Asphalt Topcoat" paint that looks pretty good once you add some weathering:

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Here's a link to a post I did on making HO scale roads which work just as well for various wargaming scales. The paint I mention in the post can also be used right out of the can on just about any surface.

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The only thing I don't know is if the paint is still made or not!

I just use tube acryllics. Get your road surface and put a big blob of white followed by a smaller blob of black or dark gray. Mix together to your desired shade. A fast and fun variant is to ball up a small piece of paper towel and
'sponge paint' different shades all over the place. This gives you a gentle but noticeable difference in shades.
In larger (28mm) scales, you can detail things like parking spaces, oil stains, skid marks etc. to taste.
….Fun, fast and cheap!

Thanks all!

The inexpensive craft paints sold at most US craft stores (Hobby Lobby and Michaels) have Pavement paint.

I use the Apple Barrel brand drybrushed over black.

You can see what it looks like here:
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