stone walls

[davidg]

I purchased some "Mosaic Stones" at Michaels a few days ago. The container has 1200 stones with 12 assorted colors. The size of the stones are 3/8" thick. HO Scale wise they are 12" thick and three feet square. I build two stone walls four tier high and one stone wall with the stones flat. In the pictures you can see the flat stone wall leaning next to the water towers and the two four tier stone walls in front of the building. As the colors of the stones are assorted I decided to just paint them gray to see how they would look. In the other picture you see the container the stones came in and I scattered a few in front so you can see them unpainted. I am looking for some feedback on these. Although they could be a little large for HO scale I wonder if they could pass for some stone walls.

DaveG

[mecrr]

Dave,
Height seems OK, but the depth seems to be a little too much.

Color looks ok too

I can't tell from the photo but do these have any texture like stone?

David

[davidg]

Actually I though the high was too high for the one in front of the building. It would be four feet tall. I was thinking it would be better if it was three tiers, three feet tall. the pieces do have texture, they are apparently made with plaster. I tried to cut some of them however they just break apart unless you use a saw. I am thinking if one picks more selectively of the available pieces a stone wall with less space between the stone would be better. I also agree three feet square is large for HO. I was able to cut some pieces by sawing them first so they have less depth. Depending where the wall is of course the depth may not be an issue. I also found just trying to do a wash over them of gray did not do well with the colored ones. thats why I tried to do a paint. I think however the color may be too dark. Not shown I also tried to paint them a tan color but was not too happy with that.

DaveG

[rebel]

Nice try, failure for HO but would work for O.

[wsdimenna]

lowes has some tile sheets that have much better texture. The sheets can be scored and cut fairly easily. Good for O for sure.



Bill

[mthduggan]

Dave,
If they are three eighths of an inch (3/8") thick, they are closer to three scale feet. On the other hand if that was a typo and they are 1/8" thick that'd be about 12 HO scale inches. Actually, 1/8" is closer to eleven HO scale inches but as a rough rule of thumb, it works okay.
Cheers,

[DaveInTheHat]

I thought about using floor tile and cutting it into small rectangles then stacking them up.
Another idea I wanted to try was pouring plaster out in a thin sheet. Before it was solid cutting it into small rectangles using a pizza cutter.

[davidg]

Dave,
If they are three eighths of an inch (3/8") thick, they are closer to three scale feet. On the other hand if that was a typo and they are 1/8" thick that'd be about 12 HO scale inches. Actually, 1/8" is closer to eleven HO scale inches but as a rough rule of thumb, it works okay.
Cheers,Michael Duggan
Jack of All Trades, Master of Some
http://www.pawofabear.com

Yup the tiles are 1/8 inch thick and 3/8" square. Guess these will have to be for O scale and not HO scale.

[deemery]

I think they'd make good stone retaining walls or foundation pieces, where the 3' depth would't matter so much.

dave

[davidg]

I cut a bunch of the stones in half, making them only a foot and half wide from front to back, and stacked them up. That Looks much better. Cutting them was easy with some nippers. A few broke into pieces but most cut in half ok. The front of the wall will end up pretty even, however the back is rough cut, although that side of the wall would not be seen.