jointlinetrains/ Simple and easy technique for making hills, mountains and land forms for model railroad layouts and dioramas. The paint used in this video is Cliff Rock by Behr.
Thank you for sharing this!! I used the "snow mats" available around Christmas and glued them over my foam boards, but never thought of quilt batting as I DO have a lot of that!! Thank you SO much for sharing!!!
Just wanted to say thanks very much... I have tried this method and love it... Also wanted to share an idea I just combined with your batting technique that worked really good. on a Coal Mine module I am building this weekend, I decided to support the mountain with 1/4 inch metal screen, then sprayed the expanding foam on top of the screen and laid the Low Loft batting right into the wet expanding foam... Its really cool, because the foam doesn't come through the batting, but it definitely bonded to the screen wire and the low loft batting and was really easy to shape while it was expanding.... In less than 4 hours, it was ready for painting, grasses, earth, clump foliage etc.
The fine painting you did with it really made it happen. I used to model Texas, back when I had an N-scale layout, for the specific reason of avoiding mountain building, lol. I had no faith in my ability to construct hills and mountain scenery.
I have not yet started my miniature train set, but i've been watching a lot of videos in the past month and i think, so far, you have the best way to do the terrain. The quilt material really does an amazing job to look like dirt once painted, it could almost be left naked and still look good.
You have a gift and you helped me understand. I think I can get it right the first time. Thank you so much. I hope my grand daughter will be excited when see comes over and sees what grand pops train garden looks like this Christmas. Thanks again. Waiting for the batman train set to be delivered, should be a show stopper. Thanks again.
Great idea! I work for a couple of years in the upholstery business I use that on Christmas land forms but never would've thought of using it on my layout. It looks very realistic! The scene came out great. Thanks a lot for sharing. RT
Thank you so much for sharing this video. I was looking for a lightweight solution to create hills on our portable railroad layout. This must be THE solution I'm going to use. So easy, thank you!
What a great alternative to plaster covered Styrofoam. I am going to try this on my mountain! It's always great to see another take on how to do something.
Great idea! Looks great. I like the idea of it not being messy like plaster can be. Also the texture looks great. Thanks for sharing this with us! I will be giving this a try on my N scale layout.
Hi, thanks so much for putting me on to this really neat technique. I’ve reserected my old train set from 40 years ago and for sure I’m going to try it.
