Klishêshima

The Admin, Stephen, is the one who gets credit for fixing up the mess that was left behind!

[carlos filipe]

Hi Zathros and Steven:
"To Caesar what's from Caesar".
Sorry I was crediting another person, I meant no harm.
Rgds
Carlos

No offense taken, I am not sure you are capable of offending anyways!

Oh, I spent a REAL LONG time looking at those videos of miniature trains set dioramas, and of course, once I got to YouTube, it went on for a couple of hours! My wife was not amused.

[carlos filipe]

I started covering the foam. Usually I use spackling... (now I cannot recall the right term in english...), but this time I opted for Das Pronto a clay that hardens very tough, enduring handling much better. Used white for the rock formations and another tagged as clay, with a strange reddish color.
The way to work is different, the material is kind of rubbery to handle, it is hard for me to achieve the delicate detail I got used with gypsum.

[carlos filipe]

For the ground cover I use real clay soil and pastel chalks.

Carlos, that is beautiful! I look forward to your continued progress!

[Bill Nelson]

Thank you for sharing. I have had varied results from carving and painting foam. In some locations I have been very satisfied with the results, and in others I have been very dissatisfied, I'll have to try clay, as carving takes a lot of time, and sometimes looks bad, I don't mind the time spent, if the results are satisfaoctory, but sometimes they are not.


Bill Nelson

[carlos filipe]

Hi Bill Nelson:
This clay I had used previously to carve retaining walls. I prefered spackling compound in powder as it is much cheaper and great to work with. But very fragile to handling. There's noting worst than attending an exhibition with odd pure white cracks in a layout. Well... there is. A broken anonymous electric wire...
Carving foam with a hot wire is great as it isn't messy.
I'll post soon some photos showing my method. Nothing much, but very pratical.
best regards
Carlos

[FranciscoB]

Cá estou eu

Por sinal, encontrei Das Pronto 500g a 3.30€ ao pé do Antunes, numa loja de indianos que também vende material escolar (rua à saída do metro da Mouraria (lado de quem vai para o Castelo), logo no início, do lado direito.

I wanted to "Bump" this thread back up for our Train Enthusiasts, and for Carlos Felipe. I have embedded the Videos for easier viewing. It's amazing what you can do in a small space.

[Bill Nelson]

This is interesting. Right now I'm planning on making a small Hon3 layout, a Minni, not a micro. my standard gauge railroad is point to point, and my narrow gauge is point to loop. I'm hoping to add a second loop, but some continuous running on a small layout could be a lot of fun with my Hon3 Blackstone C-19 with DCC and sound. I have a small NCE system that will allow me to get full value out of the sound , and having contiuous running, on a platform small and light enough (I'm using foam) to transport, will be fun.


I am also considering a rebuild of much of my Railroad to reduce my grades, so my rod locomotives can have a longer run. I have to keep fighting my tendency to make things more complicated, and to use every available inch.


In any case, thanks for sharing, I'm not getting much done thinking big right now, so inspiration from something small is particularly useful.


Bill Nelson

[Bill Nelson]

Once again I want to thank you for sharing. the foam and clay scenery is a particular inspiration, and has helped me get started on my small Hon3 portable.


http://www.zealot.com/forum/showthre...966#post947966


thanks again for sharing


Bill Nelson