With a really warm and sunny day today I took the opportunity to make the extra winter roads I want for a game at the end of the month . I had also found the missing box of conifers that needed snow scatter adding .
12 feet with a range of sizes . I had a roll of 50mm wide and 1.5mm thick neoprene that I picked up from Amazon a while ago . This was cut into various sizes . 16, 12, 8 , 6 and 4 with a few oblique ends and some triangle pieces for corner bits.
I ran the hand held sander over it with a rough grit paper on it . This helps the next stage to adhere
A mix of decorators caulk and sealant with a brown acrylic craft paint added to it was then spread over the sections and these were left in the sun . I textured it with an old knife handle for some ruts
Once dried after a couple of hours I gave them a spray of a dark brown rattle can and then a dry brush .
PVA was added to edges and in some places in the middle and the Woodland Scenics Snow scatter was added . I used my spray glue to hit the trees and added the scatter
Job done . I just need a bit more river stuff sorting for later in May .
Thank you, I have been looking for a material that wont warp and will also ‘flop’ over hills.
ReplyDeleteLooking great - Im on the hunt for trees (swedish project) and cant remember where you got yours? Thanks. Rupe
ReplyDeleteThey are by Busch , look for the N/TT/Z sizes they come in bags of various numbers
DeleteTa very muchly - had a look - buying bulk works out quite cheap. R
DeleteNo prob . Yeah they are not over expensive
DeleteI would never have thought of neoprene as a material to glop that on...ha, ha! Looks great, though!
ReplyDeleteIndeed - it works remarkably well. Just needs roughy up first before applying the gunk
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