I had some fun with one of my kits that had a concrete floor which I used straight primer gray than took black spray paint and sprayed in the air above the floor so that black speckles showed on the floor. You just have to make sure that it's a fine mist of black paint.

Well it's Friday and the weekend is filled with a wedding, a graduations, and 4 graduation parties all on the same day. I really wish I could clone myself! Then I could finish painting all our castings, work on a set of instructions for a new kit, clean the house, get ride of all the weeds that have...

I tried to make the horses have multicolors. I found that dry brushing plastic wasn't as easy as white metal which surprised me. I figured that technique would work but I ended up using more of a wet brush then a dry brush. I guess with modeling you have to try many different techniques until you ge...

I had fun putting together the stage coach for our display. It was a little challenging but I was very happy with the end result.

This is a display I am working on for the covered bridges.
This is Contoocook NH around the turn of the century.

Hope all the contestants are having fun building their scenes. Looking forward to August when we get to vote on the winners.

Thanks for your suggestions. I'll try to post my finished product next week. It's the weekend so time to have some fun. Not that making a dirt grade crossing isn't fun?!?

I would love to hear how you make your dirt grade crossing. I'm working on a project and any suggestions would be helpful.
Thanks

I watched the true scene modeling u-tube demonstration and it was very interesting. I called them to get more information on the product and it was very helpful. Looking forward to trying out the material.
Thanks for the link!

Brian said if you have any questions about the email he sent just to give him a call. We have had a really good relationship with our box company.