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Basic Training: Ground foam basics

By Angela Cotey | January 19, 2014

| Last updated on February 11, 2021

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The wide array of scenery products available for making a model railroad look realistic can be overwhelming, especially if you’re just getting started in the hobby. In this video, Kent Johnson takes a quick look at some of the most common varieties of synthetic ground foam, along with their practical uses on a layout of any size or scale.

9 thoughts on “Basic Training: Ground foam basics

  1. scenery goes on in this order: Paint, Glue, Rocks, Fine Turf, Blinded Turf, More Glue, Alcohol, Corse Turf, Foliage, and the final layer is trees.

  2. I'm really learning quite a bit from your videos and was wondering if you might be able to do one on basic maintenance on engines?

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