So Many Different Types Of  Foliage Trees and Shrubs           Over the years we collected some trees and some flocking and when it came time to place the foliage on the mountain I realized that I didn’t have enough. I didn’t have enough to cover even a third of the top of the mountain, nor did I have enough variety for what I wanted to do. And when I looked online at the prices of everything and knowing how much I might need I decided I would have to make all the foliage. And it really wasn’t to expensive at all. It did take a little time to make though. I would find that I would make approximately 20 trees and shrubs and that would take about 3 to 4 days to make and then I would place them and then it would be making another lot the next week. For a while there it was all I seemed to be doing. But it did pay off and we think it made it look so much better and more original. Here are some of the types of foliage I had to make. I will be expla...

                                                                           Painting The Train Layout                                                Last week I shared with you which method I used to build our train layout mountain. This week I am sharing my next step and that is how I painted our mountain. First you have to consider what colour tones and what style of rocks you are wanting to achieve. Like I said last week I was wanting a couple of different styles based on an area not far from us around Tooborac. But there are also different colour’s of slate rocks or even the sand stone look. A lot of the rock faces that I hav...