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The Scenic Model Railroad: Creativity at Its Best; Part II

In this part, we are going discuss andturf, etc., on the wet paint before it dries.
explain the creativity you may enjoy inThis is a time saver and it gives you a
creating a scenic wonder land that meets yourperspective of how things are going to look
expectations.Now that the basic barrenas you develop the scenery. Continue this
landscape has been produced you may begin theprocess all the way through changing the
colorful creative part of landscaping yourcolors and materials to meet each particular
layout the way you want it to be. Your ownscene  that  you  are  developing.
creative license can be taken from an area
you have seen in your travels or somethingThe next step is to fill in areas that do
you found in a magazine, book or out of yournot have enough fauna to your liking. This
imagination.You may have made your layoutis done by mixing the hardbound glue in
mountainous, rolling hills, open plains,water. Use the plastic bottle with the lid
semi-tropical, an arid desert conditions orand poor the glue into the bottle about one
something in between. In all cases, therethird the way up. Add the remanding part of
are means to reproduce exactly what youthe bottle with water. Shake the bottle
want.I am going to use an example that I haveuntil you have a watery solution.Spread the
done in developing an interesting andmedia that you have chosen over the area of
colorful landscape. First we will providethe landscape you wish to cover. You may mix
you with the basic needs required towhat ever materials you are using to increase
accomplishing your particular landscape.Youthe contrast of the scene. Take one of the
will need Elmer's Glue or similar type gluebottles of rubbing alcohol and with the
both in a large spray can and also Hard Boundeyedropper spread the alcohol over the
Glue in a large plastic squeeze bottle; Atmaterial. You may do this in steps as the
least, two plastic bottles of rubbing alcoholalcohol will evaporate quickly. Now take the
and two long eyedroppers; Quart spray bottle;other eyedropper and draw the mixed glue from
Quart sized plastic bottles with cap; Hotthe bottle. Spread the glue over the area
Glue Gun; Paint of your choosing.where you have soaked with alcohol.The reason
Eyedroppers can be found at your local hobbyyou use the alcohol is that it breaks down
store.The paint that I use comes from anythe resistance where you intend to glue the
household paint store. The cheapest way ismaterial to the scene. It also helps to seal
to go to one of the big home stores to theirthe area so it does not come off when you are
paint department. Usually you will find afinished.The trees can be made by pulling out
table with cans of paint for sale that wasa handful of furnace filter stretching it out
never bought or was left over from a paintabout the length of the skewing stick. You
project. The cans come in quart and galloninsert the skewing stick covered with Elmer's
sizes. They usually run from $2.00 to $7.00spray glue or the like and insert the stick
a piece. I have found most of the colors Iinto the filter material. Once dry you may
want by doing this. There is always anshape the tree as needed by pulling on the
exception to this process so you may have tofilter material and trimming it with a pair
buy one or two cans of paint at regularof scissors. You just repeat this process
price.In my opinion buying scenic paints atuntil you have enough trees to get started.
the hobby store is a big waist of money.TheYour trees may vary in size by cutting the
pre-made scenic items you will need are theskewing stick to the length you want. For
various types of grasses, weeds, turf, dirt,bigger trees, I would use the cedar rather
gravel, etc. Some of these things you canthan the doweling. It is cheaper and you get
make your self or find in a field, hill side,a more realistic looking trunk with the
at the beach or on river edges. However, thecedar.There are cases where buying the kit
majority of the grasses, weeds, turf, coursetrees are advantageous and can save time.
material and simulated types of dirt can beThe kit trees are reasonable to purchase. It
had through different manufacturers at youris the pre-made trees that get expensive.
hobby store or on a WEB site. In developingThey range from $5.00 to $20.00 apiece.Once
these types of materials, the sky is thethe trees are made I recommend that you use
limit.Trees and brush can either be made orthe hot glue gun to mount your trees. I've
bought ready made. Fabricated trees areused other methods such as Crazy glue and
costly at best. However, the bags of courseElmer's glue with average to poor success.
materials of all shades of green, etc., mayIf you can make a small hole in the surface
be purchased reasonably. The trees on theof the landscape, without damaging the
other hand require some ingenuity. The bestsurface, just large enough to house the trunk
methods I know are to buy skewing sticks,of the tree using a fast setting glue will
loose furnace filter material, tapered dowel,work fine.In a future article, I will explain
dried cedar strips that can be shaped into athe use of synthetic water made from plastic
trunk of a tree and the same glue materialsresins. This will include the use of
as aforementioned.Shall we get started ondifferent types of rock material and other
project. First thing to do is paint themedia you may want in your stream or river
surface of the bear landscape you created inbed. Also, how to simulate a water fall or
the Part I article. As you have many choicesculvert filled with water.Joy Ball has been
of landscape to work with choose a paint(s)involved in the restoration and maintenance
to begin the coloring process. You may blendof a variety of Brass Model Locomotives.
the paints as you are going along to get aThrough her years of expertise, Mrs. Ball has
natural contrast of the real environment.Onceperfected the art of train restoration often
you have begun the painting process don't dospending countless hours preserving vintage
the whole thing at once. Pick an area to doBrass Locomotives to running condition of
that isn't very large. I do this so that Ieven the newest Brass Model Replicas.
can sprinkle some of the landscape grasses,



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