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I went for a wander around the neighbourhood until I found a rock in a garden with a really nice texture full of tiny cracks and striations. I spoke to the owner and explained that I would like to mould a copy of it for my model railway. He was intrigued by the idea and happily gave his permission. <br />With a tin of liquid latex rubber and a VERY cheap 2 inch brush, I painted a layer of rubber onto the rock, let it dry and then did another. While it was still tacky I covered the latex with a J-cloth (a porous type of cloth used in cleaning) and glued it to the other layers with more latex. When I had built up several layers and it looked strong enough, I peeled it off and took it home to play with! I have made several excellent cliff faces with it and lent it to several friends in my club for their scenery work. <br />Choosing a real rock as a mould can give extremely authentic looking cliff faces. When the final plaster moulds were painted with water colours, they looked stunning. <br />It's a lot of fun! Have a go!
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