How to use cardboard strips for model railroad scenery

Side of model train layout with cardboard strips

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows you how to use a web of cardboard strips and plaster cloth to make a sturdy model railroad scenery base. Cody used this technique for a stretch of scenery on the Model Railroader HO scale club […]

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True Scene Modeling Fusion Fiber

True Scene Modeling Fusion Fiber

Price: 1 pound bag, $20 ManufacturerTrue Scene ModelingP.O. Box 1322N. Tonawanda, NY 14120truescene.com Comments: True Scene Modeling introduced its first Modeling Fibre product a few years ago. Fusion Fiber is a new formulation of the same basic concept: a dry, fluffy product you mix with water to make a spreadable terrain cover. The material should […]

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Building the HO scale Virginian Ry. part 15

David Popp next to layout

Scenery work continues to progress rapidly on the HO scale Virginian Ry. model train layout. Model Railroader managing editor David Popp works on dirt roads and a river, while editor Neil Besougloff describes his strategy for planting trees on this model railroad. Senior editor Jim Hediger gives you a tour of his kitbashed coal mine […]

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Building the HO scale Virginian Ry. part 13

Neil Besougloff next to layout scenery

Sculptamold and rubber rocks have been installed on the model railroad’s scenery base. Model Railroader‘s editor Neil Besougloff will show you how to make puffball trees to model a forest canopy on a model railroad. Senior editor Jim Hediger describes his kitbashing strategy for the large coal mine planned for the model train layout. Other […]

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