mountain out of spackle

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 28, 2005 7:43 AM

I make my rocks from spackling also. It cracks up after drying and shaping and looks pretty real

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pike-62

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Posted by pike-62 on Friday, January 28, 2005 7:36 AM

Here is a pic from my layout of a mountain I built roughly the same way. Screen wire with plaster soaked paper towels over a cardboard frame.

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cheese3

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From: Morgantown, WV
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mountain out of spackle

Posted by cheese3 on Thursday, January 27, 2005 4:16 PM

i just added a mountain to my layout. i built the "frame" out of screen from an old door and then covered it with spackle. i know i cant be the only one to have done this. i would like to see some other peoples results. mine turned out good! hope to put pics up soon

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