So, if you don't know, I'm building a display for an old fish tank to show off some of my engines. It's a small tank, only 5 1/2" x 19" x 8". It has a dust cover with a light, so it's perfect for a display. :thumb:
I started with a wood base and built up a back wall and raised the back track 2". I got this idea to put tunnel portals at one end to add some interest. I gave the whole thing a coat of plaster as a base coat, then, after that dried, I coated the bare rock areas with a stiff mixture of plaster and then pressed some crumpled tin foil onto the wet plaster.
Here is what it looked like when the foil came off.
Here is a close-up of the incline between the tracks.
With a base coat and a few tracks and cars for an experiment, this is what it looks like now.
A close-up so you can see the rock details better.
I had to fill in the tunnels with some kind of liner as you can see in this pic.
So when I did the second pour of plaster I made a slightly crumpled tray from some foil and poured the remaining plaster in it to create some rock panels.
The panels looked like this.
Once trimmed and hot glued to the inside of the tunnels, touched up with a bit of plaster, I now have the effect I wanted.
I had to re-enforce one of the panels with a piece of card board as it was thin and broke, but no one will see this.
So what do you think of my tin foil rock? More photos to come once it's compleat.
TrainClown
I started with a wood base and built up a back wall and raised the back track 2". I got this idea to put tunnel portals at one end to add some interest. I gave the whole thing a coat of plaster as a base coat, then, after that dried, I coated the bare rock areas with a stiff mixture of plaster and then pressed some crumpled tin foil onto the wet plaster.
Here is what it looked like when the foil came off.
Here is a close-up of the incline between the tracks.
With a base coat and a few tracks and cars for an experiment, this is what it looks like now.
A close-up so you can see the rock details better.
I had to fill in the tunnels with some kind of liner as you can see in this pic.
So when I did the second pour of plaster I made a slightly crumpled tray from some foil and poured the remaining plaster in it to create some rock panels.
The panels looked like this.
Once trimmed and hot glued to the inside of the tunnels, touched up with a bit of plaster, I now have the effect I wanted.
I had to re-enforce one of the panels with a piece of card board as it was thin and broke, but no one will see this.
So what do you think of my tin foil rock? More photos to come once it's compleat.
TrainClown
