In the March 05 issue of CTT there is an article on building a cliffside from ceiling tiles, which sturck me as a nice easy way to build a cliffside without molding something. Cut strips of ceiling tile - glue them together - rough them up with a wire brush - add some scenic ground covers - you’re done.
I got the cut the ceiling tiles and glue them together part down pretty well, but was apprehensive regarding how I would do the scenery.
Took the plunge on it earlier - here’s the result:
The article says to slop on some paint - more than you normally would - and then “blow” the ground cover on it by just putting some in your hand and blowing it on to the vertical surface. Worked really well in my humble opinion.
I then went back after a while and sprayed on some diluted glue and applied Woodland Scenics coarse turf in various color starting with more green at the top and working my way down to a more earth color.
Kind of a messy job, and my result doesn’t look anything like the result in CTT. Rather than looking like a rock/strat exposed cliff, it looks more like dirt mountain - however, I think I like it and am going to continue down this path.
I have found that the most appealing layouts to my eye have a lot of “texture” or “depth.” In these instances I get drawn into the scene by the level of detail, irrespective of how “prototypical” the details may be. Having said this, I look at what you have done and I say, “WOW!” [:)] I think you have done a fantastic job. Keep the pics coming.
Wow, those look great!! It looks just like rock stratfication. I think whenever I get to the point where I’m adding my tunnel I will be using that techique. Very nice indeed.
