02-27-22 Special Expert Scenery Demonstration - Model Train Layout Built for Operations and Realism.

[@randallfawc7501]

Durango and Silverton shirt! Love it. My fav place to go.

[@EvanstonSub]

:)

[@keithneal3253]

Dang. Holy cow. Either you don’t sleep and work on the layout 24/7 or you quietly have an army working on it. Wow. That’s truly amazing. Congratulations.

[@EvanstonSub]

Took yesterday off. Will be back at it again today.

[@alainaarrhodge5900]

WOAH!!! I just started watching and I'm blown away with how much y'all got accomplished. Okay...back to the video. I just couldn't help but compliment y'alls amazing work right out of the gate. Bravo!!

[@EvanstonSub]

Thank you so much!!

[@RFMCabooseNP1713]

Really informative.

[@EvanstonSub]

Glad it was helpful!

[@tomoconnell4235]

Excellent tutorial. Mark made that very easily understood and how to fix the separations was well done

[@EvanstonSub]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Perfusionist01]

Thanks, I learned quite a bit!

[@EvanstonSub]

Cool

[@frankritz5115]

I learned a lot of things from this video. Great job. Thank you for sharing

[@EvanstonSub]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ericp6612]

I can’t believe you are already on scenery! Awesome!

[@EvanstonSub]

I know!! Still have plenty of benchwork to complete, though.

[@luvindemtrains]

Very nice work and demonstration. I have been to his N Scale layout before and it is very nice.

[@EvanstonSub]

yep. its very fun to operate also

[@derekalexander4030]

Mark did an incredible job on the rock work, thanks for sharing his methods. Did he use any kind of a mold release? It’s amazing how realistic the rocks look and how much they changed that area. I’m looking forward to more and then the coloring method you use. Great job filming and holding the camera still.

[@EvanstonSub]

He did not use any mold release other than water.

[@davidcurtis5398]

I use "wet water" as a mold release.

[@randygates364]

This is by far the best demo of using rock molds I’ve ever seen. To date, I have hand carved Plaster of Paris with good results. Problem is one can only work in small areas with each “pour.” I hate using hydrocal in rock mounds because it breaks apart so easily. Now, I’m encouraged to use your method. The results are fantastic. Great video!

[@EvanstonSub]

Thanks. I just hope I can continue his good work on the rest of the layout, not to mention getting the colors right.

[@jamesmartin3431]

Bob Ross in plaster...... Love it!!

[@EvanstonSub]

You're right, he both sounds and looks like him.

[@garykcs5532]

Holy cow didn't even know you had painted your back drops yet. Looks great

[@EvanstonSub]

It's actually the same backdrop from the Geneva Sub.

[@geomodelrailroader]

Looks good Daryl I can see Castle Rock Tunnel is taking shape and the line is slowly reaching Wasatch. Next up paint it all brown and finish the line to Wasatch and build the yard at Evanston.

[@EvanstonSub]

:)

[@jefferykeeper9034]

Suggestion I use a dark Brown latex paint in the water to color the plaster cloth so you don't have all that white looking at you.

[@EvanstonSub]

Interesting idea.

[@davidcurtis5398]

When I mix plaster (and I prefer it), I always use very cold water. I use a gallon milk jug, fill it with water, and put it in the fridg the night before. This will give me about a 20 minute "soft time". Another thing I hear you can do is to mix a teaspoon of baking powder per cup of plaster and that is supposed to slow the setting of the plaster about 1/2. SO with the cold (not just cool - cold) water and the baking powder you might have 30 to 45 minutes of "wet time". I also sift the plaster into the water as I stir with a whisk from the kitchen. I use a lot of smaller castings and I don't have any areas this big. I make all of the molds that I use. Cheaper than trying to buy them and I have many different ones for a lot less than buying them.

[@EvanstonSub]

Sounds like a good plan.

[@davidcurtis5398]

@@EvanstonSub Just trying to pass on information that was given to me that I haven't seen on the tube anywhere...

[@patrickhawes5007]

Mark is a artist. Good stuff. I’m still an n scale guy, but what the hell. I’m looking forward to seeing what you come up with in this HO Scale sub of a popular location to model. Cheers 🍻 and lots of beer’s.

[@EvanstonSub]

I appreciate that!

[@jstockton303]

Where did you get the plaster cloth? Do you also know the Brandon molds model numbers used?

[@EvanstonSub]

the molds are 1, 135 & 136. Here's the plaster cloth. The roll is 5lbs. smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00164OUF0/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[@chrisshoulders4066]

Awesome video as always

[@EvanstonSub]

Thanks for the visit

[@daylightdave9405]

You guys are working 3 shifts now I see.. Mark better be getting Steak and Lobster every nite! Its fantastic.. thankyou for sharing.. Daylight Dave. 😜🤗

[@EvanstonSub]

Our pleasure!

[@TheDaf95xf]

That was really interesting watching how to work those moulds 👍🏻 Can’t wait for some colour to go on giving some realism to the rocky out crop 🤩🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@EvanstonSub]

Could be awhile. I going to do a lot of practicing first to make sure I get the colors right.

[@michaelsullivan3581]

Amazing!

[@EvanstonSub]

:)

[@allenbarnes7202]

Its called single wall or double wall cardboard, i worked in a box factory

[@EvanstonSub]

Good to know

[@mr.shadestrains6033]

Very kool 🚂😎👍👍👍👍👍

[@EvanstonSub]

Thanks

[@jbdbackfan]

What’s the brand of the mold used?

[@EvanstonSub]

www.bragdonent.com/molds.htm

[@conrailfan6277]

Awesome Daryl, Mark does fantastic work and thanks for sharing his knowledge, now if Mark could camp in your basement for about a month Holy Cow your layout would be mostly built up to Curvo!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@EvanstonSub]

That would be cool!

[@AndyKonTrains]

That’s one big mold

[@EvanstonSub]

yep!

[@dubd7577]

At first I thought that really would be rough looking but the more work and skill put into it, it really came alive. I love it when you start to see before your eyes when the modeling comes together, and you see the finished ideas.

[@EvanstonSub]

It will really pop once painted.

[@jamesburba1995]

Jeeze man, it seems like it would take 20 years to scenic a layout, using those slow methods.

[@EvanstonSub]

Why save time only to have a crappy layout?