HO scale ground textures

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Does anyboy know where I could find some HO scale printouts of various ground textures?

I need in particular:

  • Grey gravel
  • Grass
  • Dirt with sparse grass growth
  • Snow
  • Lake or Lakebed

Please help me with this.

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Printouts? Like on paper?

Ground foam isn’t that expensive, plus it looks much better. Even if you don’t have space (or money) for a permanent layout, you could build a layout on a piece of plywood that you could slide under your bed. That way you could use standard ground foam texture for grass, dirt for roads, and sifted gravel for…gravel![;)]

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Alternately ground cover can be made from dyed sawdust or you can put dye or latex paint in a blender with chunks of torn up foam rubber and make your own ground foam.

This link was posted recently. Maybe there is something there for you?

A similar topic.

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Are you just looking for pictures of those things so you know what they should look like when you actually model them?[%-)]
Your not planning on gluing pictures of ballast under your track, are you?? Or pictures of grass to a hillside?

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I beleive the OP is looking for those to set up temporarily because of lack of room for a permanent layout.