In the March 05 issue of CTT there is an article on building a cliffside from ceiling tiles, which sturck me as a nice easy way to build a cliffside without molding something. Cut strips of ceiling tile - glue them together - rough them up with a wire brush - add some scenic ground covers - you're done.
I got the cut the ceiling tiles and glue them together part down pretty well, but was apprehensive regarding how I would do the scenery.
Took the plunge on it earlier - here's the result:
The article says to slop on some paint - more than you normally would - and then "blow" the ground cover on it by just putting some in your hand and blowing it on to the vertical surface. Worked really well in my humble opinion.
I then went back after a while and sprayed on some diluted glue and applied Woodland Scenics coarse turf in various color starting with more green at the top and working my way down to a more earth color.
Kind of a messy job, and my result doesn't look anything like the result in CTT. Rather than looking like a rock/strat exposed cliff, it looks more like dirt mountain - however, I think I like it and am going to continue down this path.
Frank53 wrote: - however, I think I like it and am going to continue down this path.
- however, I think I like it and am going to continue down this path.
Thats a good path to follow. Nice work!
Frank, I honestly like what you are doing much more than what was shown in the article! That is coming out just super! Nice work.
Jim
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
I like it !! Looks great & I will now steal that idea !!
Thanks, John
csxt30 wrote:I like it !! Looks great & I will now steal that idea !! Thanks, John
LOL, John!!!
Looks very good, Frank. I like it.
I have a place where that would really look nice, on my layout.
Chuck
Hello Frank:
I have found that the most appealing layouts to my eye have a lot of "texture" or "depth." In these instances I get drawn into the scene by the level of detail, irrespective of how "prototypical" the details may be. Having said this, I look at what you have done and I say, "WOW!" I think you have done a fantastic job. Keep the pics coming.
Regards,
John O
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thanks for the gracious comments.
Should have thought better when I was shooting this that I needed to include some tubular track and a trolley.
That looks so good. And I bet a little cleaner then plaster to work with and clean up.
John
Fantastic looking cliff cuts, Frank! Well done!
Bruce Webster
Frank,
Good job, it looks great! I will have to try that.
Thanks for sharing.
mickey4479 wrote:How much area do you have to scenic with this type of land scaping?
a lot!
about 12 running feet from the end where I have started all the way around to the left side of Marczi Brothers Brewing.
Awesome work!!!
underworld
got another 50 feet of this knocked off tonite:
I replaced the single HO tunnel portal with a double, which will look about right for two lanes of O-scale vehicular traffic:
yes those are woodland scenics rock molds.
UP above, I see I said I finished up 50 feet - that is "scale feet"
Frank53 wrote: yes those are woodland scenics rock molds.UP above, I see I said I finished up 50 feet - that is "scale feet"
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Nice work FRANK, atta boy!
laz57
Sure looks great, but I can't believe Frank is putting pictures on here with NO Tubular Track in them !! How long can we tolerate this sort of thing ? !!
csxt30 wrote: Sure looks great, but I can't believe Frank is putting pictures on here with NO Tubular Track in them !! How long can we tolerate this sort of thing ? !! Thanks, John
Obviously you skimmed past page one juuuuuuust* a bit too fast . . . .
*With apologies to Bob Uecker - Juuuuuust a bit outside
Frank53 wrote: csxt30 wrote: Sure looks great, but I can't believe Frank is putting pictures on here with NO Tubular Track in them !! How long can we tolerate this sort of thing ? !! Thanks, JohnObviously you skimmed past page one juuuuuuust* a bit too fast . . . ....*With apologies to Bob Uecker - Juuuuuust a bit outside
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Favorite Uecker quote, 'If they turned this stadium around, I'd be in the front row!'Been in them shoes a few times! LOL!Brent
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