does thid ground cover look real?? does it look good all coments welcomed
By hobojim at 2007-11-19
well i guess the brown dirt mixed with plaster looks good… i know its not colorfull ground cover …
It looks like brown stucco.
Its very hard to judge from such a high angle with the low sun peaking between the deck railings and the trowel marks in it.
It may be great but I can’t tell from the picture.
Dave H.
Is this your scenery base (dyed or colored plaster)? A shallower angle and interior lighting will show it better. I always will work my scenery colors under an approximate or actual lighting of the layout. I had many areas that had been sceniced and when the final halogen track lights were installed the greens were totally wrong and had to go back and doctor up the grasses and some trees.
This was the trouble spot
The burnt grass ended up too washed out from the halogen light.
This part is the brighter newer grass
This base is dyed plaster then ground foam
Hi not used to taking pictures took time for me to figure out how to post that pic will try and reshoot it mm my eyes not the best is why i asked for opions… thanks for replys hobojim
Kind of hard to tell from that picture. What kind of cover are you trying for?
The color looks like it could be pretty good, assuming desert. As far as real, in that context, it looks like real brown spackling. To see how it looks as a groundcover, it needs to be in a least some kind of layout context. Otherwise there’s no way to see you the texture and scale work out.
tryed apicture in the room on the layout table with only the over head light and what comes in the window seem to come out real dark mabe it will help…
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It reminds me of a book I once read. “Spots on the Wall” by Who threw poo.[:)]
I really like your train room. Is it planted in your family room? It looks very professional.
No, this is a club layout in a 10,000sq’ building. So. Shore Model RR Club in Hingham, Ma. ssmrc.org The building was a Naval weapons storage facility that was serviced by rail. 10 years of hard work by many members. The building itself took years to restore before starting the layout.
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Color is good, but application method incomplete. After your spread it out with your square edged trowel, go over it with a wet wide brush to smooth it out. If brush marks bother you, sprinkle some sand or gravel or grass over it, and if the brush marks still seem too visible, waith till it sets up soft and tamp it down with your fingers or sand it smooth when dry.
The only place I’ve see square edged corners and straight lines in dirt is on a construction site.
New picture as you can seee this is a small canyon on my new layout not much done yet i am useing ez track with black roadbed the strip of track with caboose is only there for the picture…
Is it possible for you to look at the photos you are posting so you’ll know what you are showing. I can’t tell anything from the last photo: no canyon, no EZ track, no caboose.
Ray
Hi i use the free imade shack hosting can some one tell me how to get the big pictures on my post everytime… sorry for that last picture must have gotton the small pics mixed up lol thanks for all the understanding and help new to posting pics hobo jim
HoboJim - When you view this page, do you see a caboose?
/hi no i see i goofed on last picture as i stated before fairly new to forum and brand new at posting pics.i use image shack picture hosting still lerning how to do this right… will post a couple more pics… sorry for mistakes if you can tell me how to get the big picture each time that would help us all thanks hobo jim
new picture hope this is right as my eyes not too good
oh well wont wast anymore time this post needs to be removed in future i will not try pics again too hard to figure it out for me…
well i figured it out lol anyway heres the promised pic this one you can see the caboose at the top of my little canyon still working on it i have sanded it down and fixed it some since this picture… hobo jim.
