Woodland Scenics Scenery manual is pretty good, gives a lot of
information, even though it does use their materials exclusively.
Materials change, general principles don't.
Greybeard
"Jim Sanderson" wrote in
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Woodland Scenic has a number of them, plus small size practice
kits to try different techniques.
Can anyone suggest a good book or video about building scenery?
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Here are some of my favorites:
"Scenery for Your Model Railroad" by Mike Dannemann:
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"Basic Scenery for Model Railroaders" by Lou Sassi:
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"The New Scenery Tips and Techniques" by Kent Johnason:
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"The Scenery Guide" by Woodland Scenics:
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These are inexpensive books (most are 32% off list) and include free
shipping on orders over $25.
Bill
Bill's Railroad Empire
N Scale Model Railroad:
Get Dave Frary's book, well worth it. I think much better than Woodland
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Dave Frary is a master when it comes to scenery. I believe the book is
out of print but can be found here:
"How to Build Realistic Model Railroad Scenery" by Dave Frary:
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This is another of my favorites. It was the first scenery book I
purchased (years ago). I still enjoy the relaxed approach that Bill
McClanahan used:
"Scenery for Model Railroaders" by Bill McClanahan:
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One can't have too many books when it comes to scenery. There are always
"new" ideas and approaches to be found in each.
Bill
Bill's Railroad Empire
N Scale Model Railroad:
Both excellent books. Another I like is:
"Scenery for Model Railroads, Dioramas & Miniatures" by Robert
Schleicher.
I have all three. McClanahans is probably the least useful because of
the space devoted to "zip texturing", but there's still some good info
in it.
Larry=A0Blanchard replied:
"How to Build Realistic Model Railroad Scenery" by Dave Frary:
"Scenery for Model Railroaders" by Bill McClanahan:
Both excellent books. Another I like is:
"Scenery for Model Railroads, Dioramas & Miniatures" by Robert
Schleicher.
I have all three. McClanahans is probably the least useful because of
the space devoted to "zip texturing", but there's still some good info
in it.
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One can't have too many books about scenery, it appears! I have several
and learned new techniques from each one.
"Scenery for Model Railroads, Dioramas & Miniatures" by Robert
Schleicher:
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This book has 25 tear-out reference cards. I don't know how Robert
Schleicher finds time to write and photograph for all the books and
magazines he's done over the years. He's certainly an enduring modeler.
Sometimes I think there's more than one Robert Schleicher.
Bill
Bill's Railroad Empire
N Scale Model Railroad:
snipped-for-privacy@webtv.net (Bill) wrote in
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Speaking of the prolific Mr. Schleicher, I bought his 3rd edition
of The Model Railroad Handbook. Has anyone tried his "grass that
grows" technique? He uses tan felt covering the styrofoam base,
lightly painted green, then spinkled with real dirt and brushed
with a wire brush to raise the green-tinted nap on the felt.
It looks interesting, but all that felt could get expensive. His
book is the only place I have seen this technique mentioned. That
book is what convinced me to use the styrofoam base, along with
the WGH video. But the WGH thing just shows painting the styro
base and sprinkling on the ground foam for ground cover.
I am a bit leary of having loose dirt on the layout. I don't see
how you could spray it with scenic cement without having it
dissolve into mud! --
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Norman Morgan
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thy airspeed, lest the ground rise and smite thee.
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Works OK. I have a test area that I am trying this method on.
Check out the craft stores. A 8 x 10 piece of felt for a quarter or
less. It comes in many colors, so take a look and make your choice.
Howard
I've seen them for sale in the Micro Mark catalog, too.
BTW, his home page at the above states he will have a new scenery book
coming out in 2005.
Paul - "The CB&Q Guy"
Modeling 1960's in HO.
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