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MRVP’s Kent Johnson demonstrates two methods for adding a sturdy scenery hardshell over the mountainside terrain of our On30 Olympia Logging Co. display-style layout. In this video, Kent shares helpful tips and techniques for working with rolls of plaster cloth and all-new Shaper Sheet material from Woodland Scenics.
Good job, KJ. Nice to see how these new products are applied.
Looking good but plaster is heavy and messy and commercially available hard shells are expensive. I use brown paper bags or brown wrapping paper which is light weight and cheep. I cut to size, fold the paper in half, open it and place 50/50 mixture of white glue on one surface with a 2 inch brush. I then fold the two halves together and crumple it up tightly between my hands for a few seconds. You can repeat this more than once. Open it up carefully and you get ground cover or rock formations galore. Shape it the way you desire and then hot glue in place. It dries overnight into hard shell contour which is ready for painting and ground cover. Cost, time and materials are practically zero compared to what you have described. Give it a try.
Great demonstrations Kent on plaster cloth and shaper sheet scenery materials. FYI….there is a short demonstration on the Woodland Scenics You Tube channel for overlapping shaper sheet edges that hides the seam very nicely although the plaster works just fine. Nice segment, thanks.
Fascinating video Kent. Those Shaper sheets really do seem to be the way forward in scenery. looking forward to part 18!!