| In this part, we are going discuss and | | | | turf, etc., on the wet paint before it dries. |
| explain the creativity you may enjoy in | | | | This is a time saver and it gives you a |
| creating a scenic wonder land that meets your | | | | perspective of how things are going to look |
| expectations.Now that the basic barren | | | | as you develop the scenery. Continue this |
| landscape has been produced you may begin the | | | | process all the way through changing the |
| colorful creative part of landscaping your | | | | colors and materials to meet each particular |
| layout the way you want it to be. Your own | | | | scene that you are developing. |
| creative license can be taken from an area | | | | |
| you have seen in your travels or something | | | | The next step is to fill in areas that do |
| you found in a magazine, book or out of your | | | | not have enough fauna to your liking. This |
| imagination.You may have made your layout | | | | is 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 or | | | | and poor the glue into the bottle about one |
| something in between. In all cases, there | | | | third the way up. Add the remanding part of |
| are means to reproduce exactly what you | | | | the bottle with water. Shake the bottle |
| want.I am going to use an example that I have | | | | until you have a watery solution.Spread the |
| done in developing an interesting and | | | | media that you have chosen over the area of |
| colorful landscape. First we will provide | | | | the landscape you wish to cover. You may mix |
| you with the basic needs required to | | | | what ever materials you are using to increase |
| accomplishing your particular landscape.You | | | | the contrast of the scene. Take one of the |
| will need Elmer's Glue or similar type glue | | | | bottles of rubbing alcohol and with the |
| both in a large spray can and also Hard Bound | | | | eyedropper spread the alcohol over the |
| Glue in a large plastic squeeze bottle; At | | | | material. You may do this in steps as the |
| least, two plastic bottles of rubbing alcohol | | | | alcohol 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; Hot | | | | the 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 hobby | | | | you use the alcohol is that it breaks down |
| store.The paint that I use comes from any | | | | the resistance where you intend to glue the |
| household paint store. The cheapest way is | | | | material to the scene. It also helps to seal |
| to go to one of the big home stores to their | | | | the area so it does not come off when you are |
| paint department. Usually you will find a | | | | finished.The trees can be made by pulling out |
| table with cans of paint for sale that was | | | | a handful of furnace filter stretching it out |
| never bought or was left over from a paint | | | | about the length of the skewing stick. You |
| project. The cans come in quart and gallon | | | | insert the skewing stick covered with Elmer's |
| sizes. They usually run from $2.00 to $7.00 | | | | spray glue or the like and insert the stick |
| a piece. I have found most of the colors I | | | | into the filter material. Once dry you may |
| want by doing this. There is always an | | | | shape the tree as needed by pulling on the |
| exception to this process so you may have to | | | | filter material and trimming it with a pair |
| buy one or two cans of paint at regular | | | | of scissors. You just repeat this process |
| price.In my opinion buying scenic paints at | | | | until you have enough trees to get started. |
| the hobby store is a big waist of money.The | | | | Your trees may vary in size by cutting the |
| pre-made scenic items you will need are the | | | | skewing 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 can | | | | than 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, the | | | | cedar.There are cases where buying the kit |
| majority of the grasses, weeds, turf, course | | | | trees are advantageous and can save time. |
| material and simulated types of dirt can be | | | | The kit trees are reasonable to purchase. It |
| had through different manufacturers at your | | | | is the pre-made trees that get expensive. |
| hobby store or on a WEB site. In developing | | | | They range from $5.00 to $20.00 apiece.Once |
| these types of materials, the sky is the | | | | the trees are made I recommend that you use |
| limit.Trees and brush can either be made or | | | | the hot glue gun to mount your trees. I've |
| bought ready made. Fabricated trees are | | | | used other methods such as Crazy glue and |
| costly at best. However, the bags of course | | | | Elmer's glue with average to poor success. |
| materials of all shades of green, etc., may | | | | If you can make a small hole in the surface |
| be purchased reasonably. The trees on the | | | | of the landscape, without damaging the |
| other hand require some ingenuity. The best | | | | surface, 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 a | | | | the use of synthetic water made from plastic |
| trunk of a tree and the same glue materials | | | | resins. This will include the use of |
| as aforementioned.Shall we get started on | | | | different types of rock material and other |
| project. First thing to do is paint the | | | | media you may want in your stream or river |
| surface of the bear landscape you created in | | | | bed. Also, how to simulate a water fall or |
| the Part I article. As you have many choices | | | | culvert 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 blend | | | | of a variety of Brass Model Locomotives. |
| the paints as you are going along to get a | | | | Through her years of expertise, Mrs. Ball has |
| natural contrast of the real environment.Once | | | | perfected the art of train restoration often |
| you have begun the painting process don't do | | | | spending countless hours preserving vintage |
| the whole thing at once. Pick an area to do | | | | Brass Locomotives to running condition of |
| that isn't very large. I do this so that I | | | | even the newest Brass Model Replicas. |
| can sprinkle some of the landscape grasses, | | | | |