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For structures, try card modeling. All you need is a printer , some card stock, sissors and glue. Do some searching on the internet for card models. Alot of sites have free downloads. Download them, print them, cut them out and glue together. Use alittle strip wood for bracing and you have the cheapest structures possible, and they don't look bad, either. Office Depot and stores like that have card stock by the ream at usually less than $10.00. <br />When I started out, that's what I used to fill up the layout, and then slowly replaced most of them as I built or bought other structures. <br />Scenery? I used sticks and twigs found in the yard with painted pillow foam, cotton, and balls of hair from the hair brush. Mine didn't look quite as good as some of the commercial stuff, but they looked one heck of a lot better than a bare layout. <br />Look around the house and in the trash. There are all sorts of things you can use to make things. Scratch build all you can. Your first attempts will probably not turn out too well. You'll get better with each thing you build. Just don't get discouraged. It doesn't have to look like what the pro's do. They've been practicing for years. Keep trying, and yours will end up looking as good as theirs. You will be alot prouder of something you built yourself , than with something you bought.
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