Greenhill Junction - Making Dry Stone Walls - Video 48
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- The village scene is coming along, a video of all the work will be published soon, but one of the things I wanted to include was some dry stone walling.
The shop bought stuff just didn't work for me, it's expensive and didn't look the greatest in my opinion, so I came up with a plan to make my own
See how I use strips of cork, grey paint, pvc glue and small decorative stones to form lengths of dry stone wall which are flexible to fit round the corners in the village.
As always thanks for watching, please leave any comments you have, like and share the video and subscribe to keep up to date with the layout.
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Excellent little tips there thankyou for the video
Hi Mark. You're very welcome. Glad you found the video useful. Cheers, John.
Looks fantastic. Very inspirational.
Hi. Thanks very much for subscribing, watching and commenting. The walls take a bit of work but it's well worth it and they look great on the layout. Glad you liked what I created. Cheers, John.
Wow nice video you put together.I enjoyed it very much.
Hi Medway. Thanks for watching, glad you liked the video and how I made the walls. Cheers, John.
@@GreenhillJunction Thanks John and Thank you very much for replying to my comment. I would love if you could take a quick look at my page and any feedback would be greatly appreciated. I have a new video out now. Hope you like and share.
Great Video My Friend I use Lego to make a jig and put the stone in with pva but your Method is Great for bends and curves Awesome vid m8 o7
Hi. Thanks for watching and commenting. That's a really interesting way you do it, I had been trying to think how to make a jig for it before I went with this method, but yeah this way does work well for corners. Cheers, John.
Nice work John, an excellent cost effective way to make a very realistic wall - they look great ! The village is coming together nicely, I like the road texture & colour as well. All the best........Andy
Hi Andy. It's getting there. Lots of little jobs that take a lot of time, but I'm very pleased with the results of this wall. Fiddly to do but very satisfying. The road was fun to do, I think I've figured out a better way to do it so I'll ty that on the rest of the village. The video on how this area turns out will show you how I did the road. Cheers, John.
Hi John those walls look really effective. It's hard to actually replicate drystone walls and these look great. Think I'd still weather them tho atb Andy
Hi Andy. I took ages trying to figure out how to do these, even brought in the wife for some thoughts. It probably would look better if the stones were weathered a bit but I haven't done that anywhere else, mainly cause I don't know how and it just seems like a big job! I'm happy just building stuff and trying to replicate real world as much as possible. Cheers, John.
Stone walls - Gr8 Hack 👍🏻✨
Hi Donni. It's a lot of work to get them built, but it is worth it for the realistic effect and making them flexible too. Cheers, John
Nice idea with the cork, I can see how that might bend slightly allowing you to form curved walls.
As for the stones falling off, one solution is grab adhesive (sometimes called Hi-power) adhesive from poundland.
If you want quick try 5 minute expoy also from poundland.
Either way after it's dried, you'll notice it will leave white (or obvious dobs of glue) under your stones.
The trick there is get some cheap filler from poundland, mix in some PVA and very dark grey acrylic paint and slap it over everything.
Not pure black, because that can look out of scale.
Then just before it's dried very gently wipe a slighlty damp washing up sponge over your wall.
That will force your 'mortar' into the gaps.
Now you can leave it like that, but if you want a weathered effect slap on some a tiny bit more filler/paint mix and let that dry.
Next take one of those green & yellow washing up sponges, then using the green side and gently rub along your wall.
Some of the green sponge will get caught in the gaps between the sponges giving a litchen style effect.
The green side will also abrade the edges of the stones, giving a nice weatherbeaten effect.
This works particularly well if you use fishtank gravel, which will also give you a range of different sized rocks and colours.
For that try wilko or pets at home.
Hi. Thanks for watching and commenting, and for the great advice. I'd wondered if a mortar could be applied to fill the gaps, but hadn't tried as I would've ended up wiping the stones off! I'm done building walls just now but if I revisited it I'll try this out. Cheers, John.
Great job, thanks for sharing 👍🏻
Hi Mark. You're welcome. Thanks for watching and commenting. Glad you liked how it turned out. I'm very pleased with them, one of my better plans. 😂 Cheers, John.
Hi buddy.
Brilliant wall, I was going to make them as Mouldy Rasbury with cat litter, now going to do it your way. You made a lovely job of them.👍
Thanks mucker.
Pete and S.
Hi Pete and S. Thanks for watching and commenting. It was Mouldy Raspberry that got me thinking about how to do the walls. I'd watched his video and just couldn't be bothered with all the painting and weathering so came up with this method. Hope it works out well for you. Cheers, John.
Thanks. Great technique. Will have to adapt it for my N gauge
Hi Neil. Glad you like the technique. I'd suggest maybe looking at fish tank gravel to get the appropriate size for N scale? Don't think Hobbycraft did anything smaller than the stones I used. Thanks, John.
That is a brilliant bit of work! I love it and it looks perfect! Nice job!
Hi Anthony. Thanks very much. It worked out really well and I'm very pleased how it looks. Cheers, John.
What a good idea, great job looks very realistic. Looking forward to seeing finished area.
Hi Orchard Valley. Really pleased with how it looks. Took a bit of planning and experimentation to get it right. Hopefully have the scene done in a week or so, just waiting on some deliveries. Cheers, John.
Really nice work. A little bit of work, but the walls look great. I'm saving this video for future reference. Great job and thanks for sharing. Cheers - Larry.
Hi Larry. Thanks very much. It is a bit of effort but it's really satisfying to do. Probably one of favourite things on the layout now. Have fun with the stones sticking to your fingers when you try it! 😂 Cheers, John.
Hi John the kitty litter guy was Mouldy Raspberry. Great work on the walls they look very realistic. Regards Tom
Hi Tom. Thanks for letting me know, I'd watched it ages ago and couldn't remember but it gave me the idea for drystone walls. Glad you liked my attempt at it. Cheers, John.
Very creative!
Hi Steven. Thanks for watching band commenting. I'm glad you like what I've created on the layout. Cheers, John.
Nice work, very realistic, great results..👏🏼👏🏼, thanks for sharing, regards, Chris
Hi Chris. Thanks very much. It starts off a mess but once you spend the time moving the stones about a mm at a time it all comes together. Very pleased with how it looks. I think I've got a new favourite angle for watching the trains go by. Cheers, John.
Excellent job my friend, looks pretty damn good! Joachim
Hi Joachim. Thanks very much. It fits in well with the country village scene I'm trying to create. Certainly easier to do than a fence! I'm very pleased with the result and will be doing more to completely separate the village from the tracks. Cheers, John.
Awesome job
Hi there. Thanks for watching and commenting. Glad you like the way I made the walls and how they turned out. Cheers, John.
@@GreenhillJunction No problem John. These look great and I will use this technique on my train layout 😉
Hi John- They have come out very well and look good in situe. I think they look just right height wise perhaps a little weathering maybe to show a little moss ?
Cheers Kev
Hi Kev. Thanks for commenting. They probably would look better with some weathering, but it's not something I do. The stones are not stuck fast either and and can come dislodged so I'm not sure how much you'd be able to do. Might try sticking some fine turf to them to simulate moss. Cheers, John.
I make you right don’t do anything that might spoil it.
Good video keep up the good video
Hi Anfield. Thanks for watching and commenting. Glad you liked the video. Cheers, John.
try and tipyour fi ngers with water in a cup, it stop your stickiness wth the stones, looks good!
Hi. Thanks for watching and commenting. Interesting idea, although I don't think I'll be making any more walls as they take forever! Lol. Cheers, John.
Very nice finish. I like it :)
Hi. Thanks for watching and commenting. It does give a good finish. Takes time getting there but is worth it when you see a long run of walling as I have at the village.
Some have commented that it would look better with some weathering, and I'd agree with that, but I'm not sure how stuck the stones would remain if I started brushing over them. I have bedded them into the layout with a line of course turf at the base which makes them look more part of the landscape. Cheers, John.
@@GreenhillJunction I have decided to use your method when the time comes, except I'll not cut the cork so straight at the top. It is quite common here in Malta to find storm-damaged stone walls which were never repaired. Our stoned is not so round like yours and are more a shade of red, stained by the soil they were originally dug out from :)
Good idea, that will add a nice effect. Hope the method works well for you and you produce some lovely walls. Cheers, John.
@@GreenhillJunction Thanks. Be safe. Joe
good idea but perhaps a longer and deeper tray full of stones and dunk the glue covered cork into it.
Hi Phil. You know that didn't even occur to me to try that 🤔 I've got more to do once I work my way through the village so I'll give that a go and see what happens. Cheers, John.
@@GreenhillJunction no probs. happy to help
What language is being spoken?
Hi Tim. I'm speaking English, with a Scottish accent. Thanks, John.
@@GreenhillJunction really?
Yes really.