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I've seen the sheets of AMI for yards at one of the LHS's here but I haven't used it. First I don't have a traditional yard as most layouts do. But I would have still used the strips. <br /> <br />I am using another technique a friend of mine used on his layout. In his yard, he used dried, powdered river silt from the Fraser River in Vancouver, British Columbia. We went about a month ago and harvested some for me. His dirt really looks good (very light colour) and I thought I would use it as my base coat instead of paint. Seems to me if something shows through, real dirt will look better than paint. So I am using the river silt in my yards and along parts of my layout.
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