05-08-2021, 11:29 PM
I made a bit more progress on the corner scenery this past week or two.
I added the hardshell, a few rock castings and colored the rock castings. This time around I was a bit more diligent with the masking tape to protect my trackwork and already finished scenery.
I found this in a local dollar store and thought it might be a good tip to pass along here. It's a roll of masking tape already mated with about a 6" wide roll or masking paper on it's own dispenser. It made the masking around the new scenery a snap.
While I was staining the surface rocks, I also stained the retaining wall castings with the same raw umber/stone gray mix. The picture doesn't show the raw umber much but it is there. I'll be painting the timbers with some burnt umber before installing them onto the layout.
I added the hardshell, a few rock castings and colored the rock castings. This time around I was a bit more diligent with the masking tape to protect my trackwork and already finished scenery.
I found this in a local dollar store and thought it might be a good tip to pass along here. It's a roll of masking tape already mated with about a 6" wide roll or masking paper on it's own dispenser. It made the masking around the new scenery a snap.
While I was staining the surface rocks, I also stained the retaining wall castings with the same raw umber/stone gray mix. The picture doesn't show the raw umber much but it is there. I'll be painting the timbers with some burnt umber before installing them onto the layout.