Thank you for this video! I've been building temporary Christmas villages for many years using this method of building mountains and cliff sides using plaster cloth. I notice that when dried, your plaster cloth still had many little holes which plays havoc when applying paint. The trick is to keep adding moisture to your fingers, and keep spreading the plaster in the cloth until all the holes are gone. Takes more time, but the end result is much smoother. Other than that, great job! I hope to build a corner tunnel like yours this year! 👍
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you for the tip. It was my first time using plaster cloth. I hope you post your progress and end results.
Very good "how I already did it" video, the mountains and Cabin! That was a nice touch. But OMG! You were so savage to that poor dog!! I can still hear him crying. You told him to not come in the Layout Room... HOW could you, you MONSTER!!!! 😱😜😊 LOL I'm sure that the little guy was fine, and I just subbed. Carmine 🚂
PacbeltRR Thanks for your sub and comment. Looks like you binge watched a bunch of them. I love my dog and kicking him out of the train room is an ongoing gag. Some don't appreciate it and I understand that. He's treated very well once the camera if off. Out of context it looks like I'm a bully for sure. Thanks again for all the comments. -Mark
M&M Rails - I can tell he's well treated. I was being tongue-in-cheek about the one commenter.... I've been in this Hobby for over four decades, and still learning new tricks. Enjoy your build, and welcome to DCC!! Carmine 🚂
+M&M Rails No problem! Kris has been recommending your channel and I finally got around to checking it out. I see you're local as well. Maybe we'll all have to meet up some time.
I want to add a third semi folding table to my layout with mountains similar to the ones in this video, I just need to create a good enough pitch to convince my parents...
Scrumptious Model Trains Here’s your pitch: Bigger layout will increase subscriptions. More subs mean making money. More money means you can buy your own stuff and better gifts for them. It’s an investment. It also keeps you out of trouble.
Fantastic plan, I will just have to be really vague on the channel's monetary capabilities i.e. "It will be able to purchase lots of food" (pop rocks) "and lots of household supplies" (rubber bands)or(paper clips) but those always seem to go missing, no idea who is taking them...
Hello from Florida I still don't understand why more people don't try to use a cheaper Styrofoam. Also, Great stuff in a can is just as fast and can be used for filling gaps, cut and shaped with whatever. Also, try using cheese cloth and your own plaster mix. Go easy on the great stuff, use it just like glue. It's a better bonding agent. When finished with the main, Paint with Flat brush on primer. I just think that most of us feel that scenery is the most time consuming. If there's a short cut, that's my ticket. Another point, Try a small air brush for detail color and while the paint is still wet, if you are looking for a stone finish, use colored sand at the application point.
Great jog on the tunnel and access hatch but I have a question. How the hell did you get the invisible paint off of the mountain? They don’t make an invisible paint remover and it was obvious that everyone else knew they didn’t make it because everyone I asked made it really CLEAR that they don’t have it and then they wouldn’t help me anymore. Crazy!
Lol. Clear, funny. Fun fact, my brother and I kept the invisible paint on the mountain. We figured no one would see it. CLEARLY someone did. I hope the new owner added some real paint and scenery.
while its wet you can run fingers over the cloth to try to fill holes. when you paint the cloth and add scenic grasses it fills over the cloth holes and all. watch model railroad magazines you tube video
I got a new loco at a yard sale and it worked, til it got to a corner, then I noticed one of the trucks had a wheel missing! out $20 and don't know how to repair it. got 4 locos non working. sigh. might just make a layout with no train. more fun!
jhitt79 Erosion. There used to be a nice rock path to safely exit but with the train passing everyday it slowly shook the rocks loose. How's that for a backstory?
On the risers why not just use masking tape? It’s smoother, cheaper , and you will be covering it anyways? I see everyone doing it the way you did . I am almost at the stage where I will be doing this . I thouht the tape seals it and gluing the track would add the rigidity.
To be honest, I just followed what the tutorial video said to do. :) Try the tape and let me know how it goes. Might be tricky on the curves. Good luck!
@@MMRails will do. The risers are already smooth and true . I don’t think you need the rigidity but I will find out in a couple of weeks. I will probably use the plaster cloth on the sides of the track but def not under it.
Do not paint over plaster cloth with holes in the plaster. the paint will suck in. Use drywall compound to skim over the surface to remove all holes first.
Thanks Robert. Someone else gave me that tip as well. One day soon I'll use the compound to not only cover the holes, but too make some rock faces too. If it doesn't turn out, I'll put a stick of dynamite in the mountain and create a volcano.
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Great vid! Finally found a style of making mountains that i like!
Glad you enjoyed.
hi Matt.. i use the same exact method to do my mountains... awesome vid... i like the shack on the mountain.. thanks for sharing.. vinny
Thanks Vinny. My brother and I are excited to see how this progresses. -Mark
Thank you for this video! I've been building temporary Christmas villages for many years using this method of building mountains and cliff sides using plaster cloth. I notice that when dried, your plaster cloth still had many little holes which plays havoc when applying paint. The trick is to keep adding moisture to your fingers, and keep spreading the plaster in the cloth until all the holes are gone. Takes more time, but the end result is much smoother. Other than that, great job! I hope to build a corner tunnel like yours this year! 👍
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you for the tip. It was my first time using plaster cloth. I hope you post your progress and end results.
Mark nice work on the tunnel and mointains, I like what you did with locking mechanism, simple but nice, well dome.
Thanks Peter.
Very cool Mark!!
Thanks!
Found this very interesting and very helpful thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it.
great work. Love that access panel. keep it up
Thanks. A nice VIA train would look like running by that mountain. To EBay! -Mark
We should all have a via or 2
+Go/Via/orgohome Speaking of which, I'm pretty sure I found that custom Telus loco on EBay. $350.
+M&M Rails yaaaa I wouldn't charge that much though.
Very good "how I already did it" video, the mountains and Cabin! That was a nice touch.
But OMG! You were so savage to that poor dog!! I can still hear him crying. You told him to not come in the Layout Room... HOW could you, you MONSTER!!!! 😱😜😊 LOL
I'm sure that the little guy was fine, and I just subbed.
Carmine 🚂
PacbeltRR Thanks for your sub and comment. Looks like you binge watched a bunch of them. I love my dog and kicking him out of the train room is an ongoing gag. Some don't appreciate it and I understand that. He's treated very well once the camera if off. Out of context it looks like I'm a bully for sure. Thanks again for all the comments. -Mark
M&M Rails - I can tell he's well treated. I was being tongue-in-cheek about the one commenter....
I've been in this Hobby for over four decades, and still learning new tricks. Enjoy your build, and welcome to DCC!!
Carmine 🚂
It's really coming a long. Nice video!
Thank you. And thanks for the sub! -Mark
+M&M Rails No problem! Kris has been recommending your channel and I finally got around to checking it out. I see you're local as well. Maybe we'll all have to meet up some time.
Thanks Matt..you sound like that dude Cain from Robocop 2
Lol
I want to add a third semi folding table to my layout with mountains similar to the ones in this video, I just need to create a good enough pitch to convince my parents...
Scrumptious Model Trains Here’s your pitch: Bigger layout will increase subscriptions. More subs mean making money. More money means you can buy your own stuff and better gifts for them. It’s an investment. It also keeps you out of trouble.
Fantastic plan, I will just have to be really vague on the channel's monetary capabilities i.e. "It will be able to purchase lots of food" (pop rocks) "and lots of household supplies" (rubber bands)or(paper clips) but those always seem to go missing, no idea who is taking them...
@@SMTMainline did it work?
“No dogs in the train room”
I chuckled at that
I’m glad you found the humour in it, some didn’t. Love my dog.
Hello from Florida
I still don't understand why more people don't try to use a cheaper Styrofoam. Also, Great stuff in a can is just as fast
and can be used for filling gaps, cut and shaped with whatever. Also, try using cheese cloth and your own plaster mix.
Go easy on the great stuff, use it just like glue. It's a better bonding agent. When finished with the main, Paint with
Flat brush on primer. I just think that most of us feel that scenery is the most time consuming. If there's a short cut,
that's my ticket. Another point, Try a small air brush for detail color and while the paint is still wet, if you are looking for a stone
finish, use colored sand at the application point.
Peter Lass Thanks for the tips Peter! Still not sure when I’ll get to the scenery and how I’ll do it. I’ll take your advice into consideration. -Mark
Great jog on the tunnel and access hatch but I have a question. How the hell did you get the invisible paint off of the mountain? They don’t make an invisible paint remover and it was obvious that everyone else knew they didn’t make it because everyone I asked made it really CLEAR that they don’t have it and then they wouldn’t help me anymore. Crazy!
Lol. Clear, funny. Fun fact, my brother and I kept the invisible paint on the mountain. We figured no one would see it. CLEARLY someone did. I hope the new owner added some real paint and scenery.
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Sections of drop-ceiling tiles can also be used as a means of constructing landscape in a train layout.
Interesting. I would have never thought of that. Thanks for the tip!
while its wet you can run fingers over the cloth to try to fill holes. when you paint the cloth and add scenic grasses it fills over the cloth holes and all. watch model railroad magazines you tube video
eriesurfer10 Thanks for the tip. I hope to one day finish this scene.
I got a new loco at a yard sale and it worked, til it got to a corner, then I noticed one of the trucks had a wheel missing! out $20 and don't know how to repair it. got 4 locos non working. sigh. might just make a layout with no train. more fun!
eriesurfer10 I bring mine to my local hobby shop. They fix em up nice and nice. It costs money, but it's repaired well. Good luck!
Wow that was 5 yrs ago?
Haha, yep. Did this show up in your recommended? It’s my most popular video for some reason.
Nice
Thanks! And thanks for the sub. -Mark
What if you made it so part of the mountain could come off and the top of the tunnel could come off?
Possible. It’s a moot point now. I sold it years ago.
When leaving "the shack": watch that first step!
jhitt79 Erosion. There used to be a nice rock path to safely exit but with the train passing everyday it slowly shook the rocks loose. How's that for a backstory?
M&M Rails those greedy railroad tycoons don't care about nothin' buildin' their track right through the front yard.
I've found using a paint brush is better than fingers!
Thanks for the tip! Cleaner too :)
Hello! Where did you buy your styrofoam?!
Home Depot
On the risers why not just use masking tape? It’s smoother, cheaper , and you will be covering it anyways? I see everyone doing it the way you did . I am almost at the stage where I will be doing this . I thouht the tape seals it and gluing the track would add the rigidity.
To be honest, I just followed what the tutorial video said to do. :) Try the tape and let me know how it goes. Might be tricky on the curves. Good luck!
@@MMRails will do. The risers are already smooth and true . I don’t think you need the rigidity but I will find out in a couple of weeks. I will probably use the plaster cloth on the sides of the track but def not under it.
Do not paint over plaster cloth with holes in the plaster. the paint will suck in. Use drywall compound to skim over the surface to remove all holes first.
Thanks Robert. Someone else gave me that tip as well. One day soon I'll use the compound to not only cover the holes, but too make some rock faces too. If it doesn't turn out, I'll put a stick of dynamite in the mountain and create a volcano.
I need help on my mind My is very difficult
Vw bug Kid There are lots of videos out there to help you. Good luck! I'd love to see your progress.
There's many good videos to help you with your mind. It's not too difficult.
I know how to do it it just mine is not that easy
Hey M+M check out what I got Going ON.
I did! That's a lot of foam. It's going to be nice though when you're done.
I thought it was clay :(
Plaster, clay, same thing. :)