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Woodland Scenics. 5 Step Guide To Weathering Model Railway Buildings. Adding weathering to the buildings on your model railway layout is one of the quickest and cheapest ways to add realism to your layout.

5 Step Guide To Weathering Model Railway Buildings

Whilst the level of detail on many plastic and resin model railway buildings such as Hornby’s Skaledale and Bachmann’s Scenecraft ranges is fantastic, they’re often supplied in “Un-Weathered” or Pristine condition. This in itself is fine, but it’s a little un-realistic. Even new buildings and structures become quickly weathered in real life.

Model Scenery: How to build a work camp tent. Build your own Camp Tents for Model Railroads, Civil War Battlegrounds or Role-Playing Games!

Model Scenery: How to build a work camp tent

The instructions and photos given were created in ¼” scale, meaning, ¼” would equal 1 foot in the real world. You can use the same construction process to build in any scale you desire. Make Simple Model Stone Walls and Buildings From Styrofoam or Insulation Foam. Lots of scale scenes could use a simple stone wall, or a stone finish on a simple building.

Make Simple Model Stone Walls and Buildings From Styrofoam or Insulation Foam

These instructions show you how to use various supports and model all kinds and colors of stone walls from dense insulation foams, florist's foam or styrofoam beadboard, and various protective and paintible coatings. The durability of the piece will depend on the coating you protect the foam with, as well as how much handling the piece must endure. Although foam can easily be made into stone for walls, model horse jumps or buildings, or left to free fall down mountain terrains in railroad scenes, you may prefer more structured modelled stones from plaster, clay or paper clay. Instructions for using modelling materials to make stone finishes are given in this tutorial using paperclay to make a faux stone foundation for a porch on a rustic cottage. Tabletop Terrain - War Gaming and Modeling for Pulp, Warhammer, Mordheim and Flames of War » FOW: 15mm Zeltbahn Tent Variants.