Ken Brunt said:
I hope the engineer has a parachute just in case he makes a right instead of a left…(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
I am hoping that the recent Johnson Bar repair holds when he puts that lokie in to reverse.(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-surprised.gif)
Doc Tom
I’ll betcha he’s hopin the same thing…(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
Let us Play with some Sculptamold.
Years ago, I learned that scenery construction was basically color and texture, texture and color. One of the neatest materials to begin scenery with is Sculptamold. This clay-based modeling material comes dry in a large bag. You basically add a little water and mix and you have a nice easy to work material to create your scenery forms. It dries rockhard. It can be carved, drilled, sanded, and painted.
In the past, I would use this material and it would dry a uniform white color. For this project I learned that you can tint sculptamold using simple acrylic craft paints.
I used a disposable drink cup, threw in some sculptamold and added a few squirts of the acrylic craft paints.
A small amount of water is added and the mixture stirred with a craft stick. When it had the consistency of cottage cheese it was ready to be slumped on to the layout.
Here is a before shot with Styrofoam scraps providing additional fill for the contours of the layout.
Here is an after shot with the tinted sculptamold in place. The sculptamold also acts as a great adhesive for the placement of stumps.
This is a wonderful material and I would recommend it for your projects. Dr. Tom.
Thats cool Tom, Thanks for keeping us informed.(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
I thought you said you were done with the foam bits.
Its coming along nicely.
Thanks Ron and Dave. Dave,you know model rail roads are never done and besides I have a heck of a lot of odds n’ ends Styrofoam to use up.
Doc Tom(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
that looks good.
but it wouldn’t be me, if there were no questions…
where did you get the stumps?
do you think, sculptamold could be used to make figures?
Sculptamold! For the life of me, I couldn’t remember the name of that the other day. I’m getting closer to that stage on mine, so at least I know where to look when next I forget the name of that stuff. Looks good, and I love the stumps.
Later,
K
Korm Kormsen said:
that looks good.
but it wouldn’t be me, if there were no questions…
where did you get the stumps?
do you think, sculptamold could be used to make figures?
Korm they would be rather lumpy figures. Its not a modeling clay kind of product as much as it is ground up paper pulp with a water activated glue.
Korm Kormsen said:
that looks good.
but it wouldn’t be me, if there were no questions…
where did you get the stumps?
do you think, sculptamold could be used to make figures?
Hi Korm,
Love the questions here at the RR club in the ether. Keep em’ coming.
Those are resin castings I got for a steal @ $5.00 off of eBay in a plastic bag. Every once in a while you do get lucky on the Bay with some bargains. I am not sure of the original manufacturer. They of course need painting.
Never seen anyone make a figure from sculptamold. Not really sure what else this neat stuff is used for outside of the RR hobby.
Doc Tom
Kevin Strong said:
Sculptamold! For the life of me, I couldn’t remember the name of that the other day. I’m getting closer to that stage on mine, so at least I know where to look when next I forget the name of that stuff. Looks good, and I love the stumps.
Later,
K
Glad to help as a memory jog. We are all losing gray matter every day.(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-tongue-out.gif)
Looking forward to seeing more pics of your layout under construction. A build log perhaps???
Doc Tom
Tom, I started one here: Path Valley Railway
I stopped by Home Depot tonight and picked up a few cans of spray foam. If nothing else, it’s a lot more fun to spray this stuff than drape plaster-covered paper towels over strips of cardboard…
Later,
K
Kevin Strong said:
Tom, I started one here: Path Valley Railway
I stopped by Home Depot tonight and picked up a few cans of spray foam. If nothing else, it’s a lot more fun to spray this stuff than drape plaster-covered paper towels over strips of cardboard…
Later,
K
Way to go!! I will be following your build…it is interesting. Spray foam is VERY sticky, don’t get it on your fingers, takes days to wear off. Don’t ask me how I know.(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-surprised.gif) Doc Tom
i don’t like sprayfoam.
one has to cut (or steelbrush) too much of it away, to get a believable surface.
only use i found was for background trees. (a sponge core, many very small dabs of foam - sprayed green and “salted” with green sawdust)
Korm Kormsen said:
i don’t like sprayfoam.
one has to cut (or steelbrush) too much of it away, to get a believable surface.
only use i found was for background trees. (a sponge core, many very small dabs of foam - sprayed green and “salted” with green sawdust)
Now that is interesting. Do you have any pictures? Doc Tom
found just two. (not very good) the one in the middle.
these were tests, how to make trees. in the meantime i advanced a little:
Hmmmm remind me if I visit Tom’s not to eat the dip! (http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
Tom this is really interesting following this build …looks great!
Korm Kormsen said:
found just two. (not very good) the one in the middle.
these were tests, how to make trees. in the meantime i advanced a little:
I suspect the later models are “wire armature” trees. They came out nice too. I am hoping to do a few of those on my mini layout. Should make for some interesting bare leafless tress set in the winter season I am trying to model.
Doc Tom
yes, they are. i used 1mm dia. copperwire. for the bark acrylics with fine sawdust.
for leafless - dead or winter - trees i do prefer to use 0.5mm or even thinner. that does eliminate twigs, that look like corkscrews.
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Putting in dirt. The Sculptamold took about a week to dry. The layout now has its first layer of scenery throughout. Successive layers of color and texture will be added to this.  The variety of Browns and Tans are the result of the variety of mixtures of the acrylic paints and Sculptamold as I prepared separate batches.   The layout is beginning to take on the wild and wooly atmosphere of a backwoods logging out fit.  There is even the VERY FIRST piece of wood I have used on this foam creation.  Doc Tom |
