Building A Model Mountain From Styrofoam - DIY Rock Molds

Part 2 of my Mountain Build. Making A Rock Face from Tinfoil and Plaster of Paris.
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[@BriansModelTrains]

The "Bob Ross" of Model Railway building. I like it. Many smart ideas!.

[@frankingram3382]

I really enjoyed this video and I can hardly wait to see Locomotives run around it. Thanks for sharing your know-how with the rest of us. For now, God Bless my friend.

[@stevemcgeachy6953]

Nice rock face. Its like an extreme game of Tetris! Cant wait to see it completed.

[@denniswilson2690]

Great Video! Reminds me of Close Encounters Of The Third Kind.

[@user-uk8jr6zc9l]

Scottish Tablet Mountain? It definitely does Not have a ring to it, lol. Great video and thanks for taking us along.

[@avlisk]

Note: Some of those deeper rock molds can be used in shallower spaces, just fill them up part way with plaster.

[@theangelsmodellingandrailways]

They always come together at end Dave, looks great so far, scenic work is always fun. Rewarding when finished. All the best. Brian

[@jamesfitch6431]

Just a hint if no one has told you. Spray the dry plaster with some water before you adhere the rocks to the mountain. Don't soak it just wet it before you put the spackle on. It will help to cement the rocks in place when completely dry. I did the same thing you are doing and as I was painting my rocks some of the rocks just fell off my rock face. The two plasters didn't adhere to each other. Wetting the dry surface helps.

[@ScottRails]

Thanks James. I have already had to re-apply some rocks.

[@charleswalsh9895]

Beautiful rocks. Gave me lots of ideas. Thanks again

[@joeraderblackrockcentralrr]

Gonna look real nice when done. Thanks for the scenery trip

[@Tommo140265]

Tip for you Scott, when you have poured the plaster into the rubber moulds or the foil mould, just as the plaster has thickened, you can Bend the moulds slightly to curve the rocks, I use towels under the moulds to support the moulds as they dry, you just need to experiment a little 👍

[@rorythomson8763]

...and thus arises Mount MAGNIFISCENT!

[@GrimmBrosHobbies]

more like Mount Procrastination lmao

[@rorythomson8763]

@@GrimmBrosHobbies no Procrastination cutting runs through the foot of Mount Magnificent... Besides for us Scotts people its never procrastination, its simply a pause for a wee dram!

[@switchitarailroad]

Loving your technique of your happy mistrakes and the diy plaster moulds on your Mozzayeuk Mountain. Go on get that Sculptamuold used up. LOL. :)

[@ScottRails]

Hahaha, but you worked so hard for that, I don't want to waste it, lol.

[@DieselDaysandSmokeStacks]

Looking good for sure. Nice one.

[@marksinthehouse1968]

Dave ,I beg you put a UFO above that mountain you can get them in HO with lights 😊,just a bit of fun , All the best mate Mark 😊😊from good old west London (U.K.)

[@dennissnow2674]

Great job its looking great

[@dundasjunctionmodelr.r-jam8267]

Looks fantastic so far

[@dundasjunctionmodelr.r-jam8267]

I would have hot glue a strip of cardboard behind to help support the cloth

[@James89378]

It looks great

[@harleymemphis9190]

paprer towels and watered down drywall compound works too and can mould the compound and it naturally crack when it drys

[@ModelTrainOutsider]

Well, you found your media and got it going! Nice work!

[@ScottRails]

I did figure how to mix the plaster properly before I was done.

[@hunterstewarthobbies6692]

Great Video

[@caboosech]

Looks great 👍

[@schadowolf]

Well done, looking great!

[@Corky3D]

Mount Cork Looks great. Lol Just kidding Dave. The mountain does look great though.

[@ScottRails]

Aww thanks corky. You get the cut, but the mountain has yet to be named.

[@GrimmBrosHobbies]

@@ScottRails Mount Procrastination

[@paulmarmion358]

👍

[@RhB-fan51]

The real problem of creating mountains on a layout is the scale relativity. Basically everything has to be comparable to the scale of your rolling stock to get any sort of "realistic" look out of the finished product. Hey, the same is even true for model trees and forests. Thus in most instances when sticking to the OO/HO scale, specially, if the layout is built on a single level, the best that can be ever attained is the representation of a few gentle hills or just the foot section of a real mountain. Mountain peaks are basically out of the question except for as some sort of background picture. Having said that, it is still quite a fun putting together something that somehow looks like mountain, after all this is about the hobby-fun not 100% realistic perfection.

[@ScottRails]

Yeah, I agree. I might even add some N scale detail to the top of that mountain to try and great the illusion of distance. It's all a learning curve.

[@odilemahot2011]

Nice one Dave, vary hard to comment on the out come as it's in the eye off the be holder but I'm sure it will work well, as for paint's please use matt paint as any other I feel gives a polish look too videos.

[@ScottRails]

That’s a polite way of saying it looks crap, hahaha. Trust me, it will look better soon.

[@odilemahot2011]

@@ScottRails What ever I say now would be wrong or taken the wrong way, I'll just like from now on.

[@TimsBitsnPieces]

I went to bed trying to think of the word I wanted to use to help with info, the gluing agent is called "Cornice Cement" is what I would have used to hold the rock face to the mountain. That is the name of the product here in Australia.

[@monsvillerailways5736]

Looks great so far Dave. Have you thought of a 1m extension chord for your glue gun? 😊 Looking forward to seeing the paint go on. Happy Modelling

[@dundasjunctionmodelr.r-jam8267]

Cordless hot glue gun

[@ScottRails]

I know that sounds like an obvious solution, but the extra plug would get caught on everything.

[@James89378]

@@ScottRailsHi Dave I love your streams

[@James89378]

And yes I like my own comments

[@lawrenceechols6453]

Close encounters

[@TimsBitsnPieces]

Dave... that's what extension leads are used for... to extend power points to the desired place we need them to be when making miniature things out of other things... lol... they do make things with sort leads to make us buy more things to make them work.. hahahhaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.... it's called.... "how to make money from idiots that buy other things, then they need our things".... business and marketing 101. Dave.. you need to give the plaster time to harden up..... that's why it's breaking each time... you need patience.... lol...

[@sierge1]

Scott the mountain looks great but doesn't work in that location. The railroad would never spend that kind of money for a rock cut. It would have moved the tracks to go to the inside of the mountain curvature. Unless you can come up with a reason for them doing that it is out of place.

[@ScottRails]

Someone has no imagination.

[@sierge1]

@@ScottRails It's called reality. We are recreating scenes found in nature!

[@ScottRails]

@@sierge1 Well you've come to the wrong place if you want reality, lol.