More Scenery Work With Sand, Dirt, And Ballast (157)

[@CaptainMack28]

Thanks for the great videos.

[@jhoodfysh]

Excellent video Larry. Your level of detail in your instructions makes it easy to follow.

[@francis1247]

Thank you for your videos , and have a very nice holiday season as well as you're family. Will catch you next year.

[@railwayjade]

Thanks for the great video - Merry Christmas 🎄

[@manolorodriguez2956]

Thank you and Feliz Navidad from Madrid!!

[@enjoyingrailroading1013]

Thanks and Merry Christmas....

[@MRR_Shadowolf]

Great video!

[@mannyfernandez2921]

Nice video and in Nice video and info Larry!

[@peterjhillier7659]

Thanks Larry, it‘s really nice to see you create the Railway Scenery from first Principles. Great Video as usual. All the best for a better 2021.

[@TheDCCGuy]

You too Peter.

[@richards8291]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us it helps greatly MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR to you and yours

[@mandbhomestead]

Larry, another great video packed full of tips and trick, thank you. Merry Christmas to your family and you. Thank you for sharing and stay safe. Ken

[@GarlandKent-y6k]

[thank, you for you're helpful video]

[@andrewpalm2103]

Thank you so much for this video, as it is very timely for me! I'll soon be adding ground cover on my small layout, and I was concerned about using a spray bottle as most scenery how-tos do. I will certainly be using your eyedropper method with bagged sand from the hardware store. Merry Christmas!

[@walterritter2495]

Merry Christmas to you and your family, I have really enjoyed this series of videos of your modular railroad. Happy Holidays to you and your viewers.

[@reseauVivatrain]

hello from Paris Merry Christmas! I wish you health and please stay safe

[@ronchickadel5837]

great tips

[@ronduz1281]

another great video Larry Happy holidays

[@lesfewtrell2507]

thanks merry christmas to you enjoy your vids

[@kevallsebrook3232]

All the best for 2021 keep modeling I have found using a home made static grass applicator made from a bug zapper a very good effects . keep safe...

[@barry3573]

Nice video, I'm close to being ready to do this on my layout. Perfect timing and thank you and Merry Christmas

[@geraldjones2278]

I used backyard dirt on mine too but in order to speed drying and to kill any possible microorganisms in the dirt, I microwaved it first. Just a thought.

[@michaelbran7993]

Happy Christmas Larry from us in the UK

[@dundasjunctionmodelr.r-jam8267]

Larry thanks for the reply ,when you be doing the video on the lift up, I am building my lift out , plan to order those track alignment devices

[@wjcorrinne4052]

Larry , Watching you use a spoon to spread the gravel/sand, have you ever considered using salt & pepper shakers. They have different size holes one finer than the other so a person would be able to work with various sizes of granules.

[@TheDCCGuy]

I have a shaker made for baking but the sieve just isn’t big enough. I think what might work is one of those shakers you find in Italian restaurants with the big holes for Parmesan cheese. I just asked my wife about these and she gave me her extra one so we’ll see how it works Friday!

[@russrockino-rr0864]

I don't even use wet-water anymore, Isopropyl alcohol works so much better. Normally it is readily available and very inexpensive. Covid-19 put a little hiccup in the supply for a few months, but it seems to be readily available again. Thanks< Russ from Oregon.

[@hansfriess]

Merry Christmas!

[@admjyandle]

Hi Larry - Great Tutorial on ground cover. Do you think play sand will work for N Scale or would the granuals be to large?

[@TheDCCGuy]

I have actually seen N scalers use play sand for ballast since it can look so large. You can of course find finer sand from Woodland Scenics just for N scale and there are a lot of home products that are very fine and could substitute in small amounts. Fine sugar, baking soda, etc. may work but I would do a test first with whatever cement you plan to use just to make sure it dries to look the way you want. Good luck.

[@toddgrx]

Would a spray bottle work for applying the IPA, wet-water, or even the dilute scenery cement rather than a plastic pipette?

[@TheDCCGuy]

Yes, and I have used one on occasion. However the spray can end up in places you don’t necessarily want. Even worse it will blow scenery material away so you have to hold it high enough above the work surface to prevent that. So I find a pipette gives me much better control.

[@wjcorrinne4052]

Hi Larry, I have a question on your use of brushes. I’ve done painting from outside houses, real not modeling, to plastic model cars, planes, etc., latex to Pactra enamels. Brushes of various sizes and bristles, some I’ve cleaned for future use and others must be pitched for one reason or another. Watching you in this video the brush looks similar, or is it the same, that you used to apply the green and tan base. So my question is, how often do you reuse a brush? It appears you’re using the same brush for different products? I’m sure you’ve cleaned it in between applications. The bristles on your brushes do not appeared to have flared out from use. I’ll reuse a brush if I can clean it good and then wrap the bristles with paper or cloth depending on what it was used with, and put it back in the sleeve it came in. This works for a while but eventually I have to get new. A little info on this would be helpful. Thanks, Bill

[@TheDCCGuy]

Bill-those are the cheap throw away brushes they sell at Lowe’s. However I do wash them thoroughly after each use and then hang to dry so they don’t flare out. I use it until it looks ratty then toss and get out a new one. Almost all my products are water soluble so a little warm water and liquid soap cleans them up fast.

[@dundasjunctionmodelr.r-jam8267]

Gary , 3 to 1 mixture , 3 parts water one part glue

[@TheDCCGuy]

For the base glue I would use about 10 parts glue and 1 part water to keep it from drying too fast. For the “scenic cement” I would use about 3 parts water to 1 part glue as you suggest.

[@NicholassTrainChannel]

Nice work Larry i like your scenery will you then go and cover the sand with static grass and other greenery over the top of the sand? Merry christmas and have a happy new year lets hope that 2021 will be a better year.

[@TheDCCGuy]

No that area is to be mostly bare earth and gravel. I’ll be using foam scatter and static grass on the green portions. Happy holidays.

[@brendanwoodey7961]

Ever use old spice containers for dispensing turf?

[@TheDCCGuy]

No but I used to use Old Spice after shave. Seriously though I can see how they might work as some do have fairly large holes.

[@brendanwoodey7961]

@@TheDCCGuy not the deodorant... containers from old spices

[@jsrogers6464]

Merry Christmas

[@markmatteo2417]

Merry Christmas. Did you use regular art sand for this? You don't have any concern with sucking the sand up into the locomotive gears?

[@TheDCCGuy]

It is playsand for use in kids sandboxes. It really is no more a problem that using very fine ballast or any other fine material such as those sold by Woodland Scenics or Scenic Express. Once the glue dries I vacuum up any loose stuff and the rest stays put. The thing to look out for is any materials that have enough iron in them to be attracted to magnets. When I make up my own material I run a magnet through it just to be sure. I have a large amount of ballast I sifted from paver gravel which has so much iron it literally will cover a magnet run through it.

[@billnaylor1724]

Hey Larry, great video. Can you tell me if there is a DIY option to making scultamold such as cellulose insulation and plaster combination?

[@TheDCCGuy]

There are a number of KZbin videos and websites on that so do a Google search. Be aware though that Sculptamold apparently has a proprietary formula that no one has matched. Besides the stuff is cheap at Walmart, etc.

[@uptownphotography]

Excellent video as always. Is your 3 to 1 ratio of Mod Podge, 3 parts water to 1 part Mod Podge...Or 3 parts Mod Podge to 1 part water? Thanks as always. It's been a while since I have done scenery and I have forgotten how I used to cut my White glue after the grass or sand is done..... Phil Jersey Shore Area.

[@TheDCCGuy]

3 pt water, 1 pt Mod Podge, 2-4 drops liquid soap. Some use other ratios so experiment to see what you like.

[@uptownphotography]

@@TheDCCGuy I appreciate the reply. Thanks... Phil Jersey Shore Area

[@derekmurton1656]

Been watching your videos re landscaping, I like your paintbrushes flat 2” thin ones, be interested what they are called.

[@TheDCCGuy]

I think they are called fan brushes. You can find them at Michaels or any craft store that sells paining supplies.

[@derekmurton1656]

Thanks great videos also built a control panel like yours

[@derekmurton1656]

@@TheDCCGuy looked up fan brushes completely different the brush you used for painting scenic green and brown was wide and thin bristles

[@TheDCCGuy]

OK, I misunderstood which you were referring to. Those are the cheap throw away brushes they sell in the paint dept at Lowes. I wash them out after each use and they last a long time and are cheap, one of my primary requirements! 🤫

[@derekmurton1656]

@@TheDCCGuy had a look what they called ss cannot see in uk as these ones are quite thin

[@gerlandkent6377]

👍

[@dwightgrant9956]

Too bad all you deal with is HO scale. I like your videos but I run S scale, so not all of your products are relevant.

[@TheDCCGuy]

Yes, it just is impossible to cover the range of scales but a lot of what I put out can be used in various scales. In this video scenery is scenery.