Scultimold... What an interesting product..NOW I need some tips....

[loathar]

I just did my first foam "mountain" (more of a big hill) I covered the whole thing with sculptimold that I died with grey craft paint. Talk about being happy with the results!!![:D]
I found out you can't really sand it once it's set up.[:O] I can't wait to start staining it and adding grass and earth to it. PRAISE the SCULPTIMOLD! I am a BELEIVER!!![bow]

[loucad]

In the Canton, Oh, area I have purchased bags of Sculptamold at Pat Catan's art supply store for about half of what it costs at the LHS. Excellent stuff.

[Anonymous]

Great product - can't recommend it highly enough!

QUOTE: Originally posted by CNJ831
The original poster asked if Sculptimold will stick to plaster. That answer is: you bet ...and to anything else it might be applied to, including the modeler and his clothes!

and the overly-curious cat[;)]

[Anonymous]

It stuck very well to my pink and blue foam after I took the film off. The pink didn't have film on it, but the blue did. I can't say as I've actually applied it directly to plaster, but I have a lot of boht on my board, so they probably are stuck somewhere.

Greg

[railroadyoshi]

It is an awesome product. I'm picking up my first bag at the LHS today in a mail order. It will definitley work with plaster and foam.

[loathar]

I got my bag at Hobbytown USA 3#'s for $5.50. I'm hooked on it, but I will make one comment. It is not very sandable. Make sure your putting down where you want it..(you can work it with you fingures while it's still soft)
It is very vinyl like and clogs sand paper quickly. WAY more plyable than plaster O paris.
And a little bit does seem to go a long way.

[DALCruiser]

When I'm ready for finishing my layout I'll have to give this stuff a try. Its sounds like great material [:D]

Thanks for the tip!!!!!
Dave

[Anonymous]

It's made by American Art Clay Company. Probably available through art supply places, but also listed by Walthers, etc., in 3, 25, or 50 pound bags. 1st Place Hobbies sells for roughly a dollar a pound, plus shipping of course. Item numbers are 126-41821, 126-41822, 126-41823. Great stuff!

p.s., in case you're searching alphabetically and don't find it, the spellling is "Sculptamold".

[maandg]

I have used Sculptamold on my layout extensively and absolutely swear by it. I use pink insulating foam boards to create my hills and then use Sculptamold to cover it - it sticks very well. I used to apply it uncolored (white), then come back and paint it with brown acrylics after it dried. For the past year or so, I have been adding the brown acrylic paint to the mix along with some full strength white glue. The benefit to this is being able to lay it down, then immediately cover it with real dirt. The glue in the mix adheres the dirt. Sort of a modern day form of zip texturing.

Just this past week I found a new use for Sculptamold. I have just finished painting and decaling five new brass steam engines for my MA&G. I needed a simple way to make my coal loads in the tenders. I mixed some Sculptamold with black acrylic paint and glue and carefully formed a pile in the coal bunker. Then I sprinkled on some Woodland Scenics coal and lightly pressed it in with my finger. After drying, I turned the tender over to remove the excess. They look great!!!

I buy my Sculptamold at my LHS (Hobbytown USA), but I have also seen it in Michael's and Hobby Lobby. I believe the three pound bag is the largest quantity available, but I may be mistaken.

If you are a diehard plaster gauze user, give Sculptamold a try. I still have two unopened packs of Woodland Scenics plaster gauze which will never see the light of day.

Happy Modeling and Merry CHRISTmas everyone!!

[DALCruiser]

Is this stuff available at any other place besides LHS? Is it available in larger quanities?

Dave

[twhite]

QUOTE: Originally posted by loathar

twhite- I think that I heard here that you can buy this stuff in bulk from a builders supply store. (maybe I'm thinking of something else?) Anyhow, I think I'm sold on this stuff.
It seems to get it's own natural techture with little help from my own lack of artistic talent.

Loathar--I don't know about bulk, since Sculptamold was originally designed to be used for plaster casting and artwork. I came across it almost by accident, when I found a bag of it at my LHS and the owner said he'd tried it and it worked so well he was stocking it regularly (this was some years ago). It is kind of expensive, but a bag of it goes a long, LONG way, depending on what you're using it for. First time I tried it I was pretty astonished at how 'rocky' the effect was, even just using my fingers to mould it. I've stuck with it ever since. And if you 'soup' up the mixture to use in rock castings, the result is nice and 'gritty' looking, especially if you're modeling Western scenery.
I really like the stuff.
Tom [:p][:p]

[Jetrock]

cacole: No, it is not stucco--Sculptamold is actually a very fine variety of papier-mache. It is also a lot lighter than stucco, and much simpler to work with, plus it saws and cuts easily when dry, being mostly paper.

I haven't tried mixing Sculptamold with paint, but it is pretty porous so paint soaks in after it is applied--this limits the appearance of white spots if it gets bumped or chipped later, which happens with plaster.

I like to apply Sculptamold while wearing latex gloves--it works really well when you work it with your hands, the more you manipulate it the smoother it gets, and the latex gloves keep your hands from getting all gunked up with sculptastuff.

[CNJ831]

QUOTE: Originally posted by swp7776

What color is it when its mixed and can you add paint to it when your mixing it or would that make it to waterery.

The original poster asked if Sculptimold will stick to plaster. That answer is: you bet ...and to anything else it might be applied to, including the modeler and his clothes!

Kidding asside, it is a great model railroading product. I've used it for many years on top of foam but it goes on to plaster, screening, cardboard, just as well. It takes paint, ground cover, glue, you name it, perfectly every time. And in answer to this poster's question, raw its pretty much white. To color it you replace part of the normal amount of water added with some latex paint of the appropriate color and it blends with and colors the material through completely. I do this all the time with great results...overall it is very much like Sassi's Ground Goop.

CNJ831

[Anonymous]

What color is it when its mixed and can you add paint to it when your mixing it or would that make it to waterery.

[cacole]

Three pounds for $7? What's that big ripping noise I hear? It should have been 70 pounds for $3. I think it's Stucco, which can be purchased at any Home Depot or similar building supply store. Sometimes they'll even give you a bag that busted open for free just to get rid of it and stop the stuff from being spilled and tracked all over their nice clean floor.

[loathar]

twhite- I think that I heard here that you can buy this stuff in bulk from a builders supply store. (maybe I'm thinking of something else?) Anyhow, I think I'm sold on this stuff.
It seems to get it's own natural techture with little help from my own lack of artistic talent.

[rolleiman]

It also works great for creating uneven ground, planting buildings, just about anything.. I particularly like it for getting rid of the flat plywood look (even painted and woodland sceniced it too flat for me).. It's a strange product, I'll give that but it gets the job done.. I've never put it on anything that it didn't (eventually) stick to except maybe metal (vertical metal)..

Jeff

[twhite]

I've been using it on the Yuba Sub for the past three years. the answer to everything is YES, IT WILL!! It sticks to plaster or foam quite nicely, has a good 'gritty' texture to it, you can alter the mixture and use it for rock castings, it will carve very well--takes either paint or stain very well (porous), is somewhere between the weight of plaster and hydrocal as far as weight, and has enough of a setting time that you can work with it to your hearts content, yet will hold its initial form and not slop all over the place.
Good stuff. I can guarantee that this will NOT be your last bag of it--I always keep one or two bags handy in case I have a middle-of-the-night urge to go out and re-do a canyon wall or two.
Tom [:D]

[loathar]

I got 3lbs for $7. I've seen other people make posts about it here before but didn't pay much attension. I had some left over and skimmed some over some pink foam and it seems to stick pretty good.(I just went out and checked). It looks like crap when you first start putting it down (cottage cheese like), but when it starts drying you can really mold it it.(sculpti-MOLD I guess). I wouldn't want to use it as a base coat product, but for a top coat, it seems great.

[Anonymous]

Doesn't seem as if anyone knows(yet), but maybe you could do all those tests, and tell us the results. another one is if it is waterproof, so that it could be used as the base of a resin pond, ect.
ps, how much stuff for how much money?(if you don't mine me asking!)
Danny

[loathar]

I got a deal on a bag of this stuff and mixed up my first batch tonight. I started putting it down in a small area tonight and thought,WOW, cottage cheese! Why did I waiste my cash on this stuff?? Then as it started to dry, I started working it with my fingres and playing around with it and WOW!!! What a cool product!!!
Very flexable and vinyl like. Good working time and a great surface techture when dry.
NOW for my questions-Will it stick to plaster? Will it stick to pink/blue foam?
It seems like it is pretty sandable and stainable. Seems like it would make a good skim coat for mountains or valleys. I love the techture. Seems to dry pretty hard too.
Any tips would be welcome.
Thanx....