The interaction of several physically based models for the development of crystallographic texture and microstructure during deformation and recrystallisation is exemplified in two cases of multiple pass hot rolling of commercial aluminium alloys. In this study streamlines output by the FE-code LARSTRAN/SHAPE and a model based on elementary rolling theory have been used respectively to calculate the evolution of material properties during deformation with a dislocation density based flow stress model and a Taylor type deformation texture model which considers grain interaction. To model the texture development during the interpass times between the rolling passes, an analytical recrystallisation model has been applied