Making The Flocking For The Train                                            Layout To make your own foam foliage you will need the following items: ·      An electric blender ·      Foam ·      A large mixing bowel ·      A mixing spoon ·      A 250ml measuring cup ·      1 Tablespoon to measure with ·      Acrylic paint (whatever colours you need your foliage to be). ·      PVA glue ·      Water ·      Paper towel ·      Plastic sheets (or plastic tarp, I used plastic garbage bags) ·      Plastic disposable storage containers ·      Rub...

                                                                           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...