Model Railroad Scenery using Extruded Foam: Part 8

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This is the part 8 of a multi- part tutorial of doing Model Railroad Scenery using extruded construction foam. I'm adding dirt and grass in this
first of two segments.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• ModelRailroad
• Model
• Railroad
• Scenery
• Hobby
• Scale
• Trains
• arts
• crafts
• hobby

[joenflipflop]

is the actual mountain made of poylastirine

[thebige61]

Owens Corning FOAMULAR® 250 Rigid Foam Insulation

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[up6050]

Maybe I missed something---do you use any kind of glue-spray to keep the dirt/grass in tact with the layout?

[thebige61]

Yes, Woodland Scenics Scenic cement.

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[romanowm]

Is there anyway I could get a DVD of your series? I want to use it for educating our railroad club. We do not have Internet access in the club room.

[m113Guy]

Yes I agree, A DVD set would really be nice, you seem to have alot of good ideas..nice job!!

[mightydesign]

Thank you so much for all your help over the last year since I started my first 8x4 train table. I have posted a video with the work that my 4 year old son and myself have done. Watching your videos not only gave me inspiration but it also provided solutions to problems I ran into. Thank you once again.

[waldenhouse]

Fabulous instructional video - very nicely presented from start to finish. Thanks. 5**

[bluehachiroku]

I've also used with great success big chunks of polystyrene from packaging as my base form support before applying the wire and plastic meshes. I'm about 80kg's and I can jump onto my rocks and dance around on 'em , with no problems.

[bluehachiroku]

Oh yes, you will need to add some of that PVC type stuff that's for cement work into your mortar mix AND I also spray it as I would indoor work,as a fixative once I'm happy with the colouring I've thrown over the rockwork.

Don't skimp on the colouring..even the blacks as they will fade a little.

[bluehachiroku]

You can do it using the same strategies as the indoors. Only the materials change. Instead of hardshell or foam, you use a cement/river sand blend to make rocks,walls etc. You use heavier wire mesh for the form base and then plastic gutter guard mesh over that. Then apply the concrete/river sand blend. Carve and poke the surface until it looks natural. Throw some cement colouring(60/40 with cement dust) over it. Otherwise, you have natural dirt all over the place..so I wouldn't worry about that.

[thebige61]

Good idea. Thanks for the tip