Ceiling Tile Scenery

[palallin]

A number of years back, CTT ran an article on using pieces of ceiling tiles for rocks.  Does anyone know what issue that was?  I have been going through my files, but I cannot seem to locate it.

 

Thanks!

[palallin]

Thanks!  I hadn't found it because I hadn't got that far yet (it takes a while to go through them all).

[palallin]

In the same vein, I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who has used ceiling tiles and who might have additional suggestions (or warnings).

 

Thanks!

[fredswain]

Check out this site for a complete how-to on ceiling tile rock faces.

http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/rockfaces/

http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/more_rocks/

[ChiefEagles]

A guy named Frank53 has done outstanding work with ceiling tiles.  Go to Lionellines.net [corrected] to see. 

[MartyE]

Chief is right but the website is LionelLines.net specifically here .

[Timboy]

 

[richhotrain]

When I first saw the title to this thread, I thought that somebody was resurrecting the old MRR April Fool article about building a layout upside down on the ceiling.

[Anonymous]

I don't have access to my pictures right now, but what I did was place the ceiling tile pieces and stack them into position. I didn't want to dismantle the rock face once I had the look I was going for so I mixed regular white glue (I bought a gallon of it from Michaels) with saw dust that I had from cutting all the wood for the layout. This made a nice thick paste that I then coated the face with a cheap paint brush. I let this dry and it did exactly what I wanted, bonded the ceiling tiles together, smoothed out some areas and made others slightly rougher. I then proceeded to paint the face the desired color, while the paint was still wet I dashed some ground cover over the wall as well.

I will try to post the process pictures tonight.