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