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Rivet counters, what is the scale size of a grain of sand? colin154, If you would like to use dirt from the area you model I would sift it down in stages using small homemade sieves. Be sure the dirt is dry, very dry, or it will stick to the screen. Stage one: Pick out the larger pieces, rocks and pebbels. Put them in a box or bag for landscape use. Stage two: Sift the dirt through window screen (this is normally #25-30 mesh). Mesh is the number of openings per linear inch. What you have in the screen can be used for hillside rock/gravel or what ever. Stage three: Sift what's left through a tea strainer (most are #50 mesh). What you catch in the tea strainer can be used for roadbed? or what ever. Stage four: Sift what's left through a drip coffer maker "screen", not a filter, but one of those screen inserts, these are normally #100 mesh. What you have in the screen is good for roadside gravel. What comes through the #100 mesh screen should be fine enough for dirt road gravel. If it is still a little large for your liking you can buy finer mesh screen. Use you favorite search engine and search for "wire cloth". Years ago for a WWII beach landing diorama, I sieved real Normandy beach sand through #200 screen. Good luck and enjoy.
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