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Title: dirt effects?
Post by: Summertrainz on July 15, 2007, 09:40:50 PM
Heh Train lovers  ::)

i made another post that said "grass effects?"
and id like to ask more people
for dirt effects
would i take top soil and grill it as they say for organisms?
and another question
i want to make a farm field how would i do that?
with the dirt?
Title: Re: dirt effects?
Post by: RAM on July 15, 2007, 11:26:19 PM
I think paint works better than dirt.
Title: yea yea i considered
Post by: Summertrainz on July 16, 2007, 07:33:55 PM
yea i considered paint
i don't know if it would look as good as real dirt
you have it on your layout?
Title: Re: dirt effects?
Post by: jsmvmd on July 20, 2007, 09:22:16 AM
Our friend, Harold Minkwitz has an answer.

http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/fur_grass/
Title: Re: dirt effects?
Post by: fieromike on July 20, 2007, 09:33:09 AM
Quote from: Summertrainz on July 15, 2007, 09:40:50 PM
Heh Train lovers  ::)

i made another post that said "grass effects?"
and id like to ask more people
for dirt effects
would i take top soil and grill it as they say for organisms?
and another question
i want to make a farm field how would i do that?
with the dirt?

I seem to remember an article that used wide wale corduroy as a base for a plowed field.  The writer used brown fabric, painted it with lighter shades of brown, and used finely sifted (and sterilized) soil over that.  Looked pretty decent.

Mike
Title: Re: dirt effects?
Post by: hminky on July 20, 2007, 09:36:02 AM
For dirt I just paint the plaster for texture I stipple on a mixture of gravel and latex earth paint:

(http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/scenery/stippling/image/final_texture.jpg)

Visit:

http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/scenery/stippling/ (http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/scenery/stippling/)

I use paver sand for flat areas:

(http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/gravel/image/cactus.JPG)

Visit:

http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/gravel/ (http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/gravel/)

Most ground areas are covered with vegatation

Thank you if you visit
Harold

Title: Re: dirt effects?
Post by: Jim Banner on July 22, 2007, 01:47:31 PM
I use dirt from the garden, sterilized, dried and sieved.  Saturating it with denatured alcohol sterilizes it quickly and helps it dry faster.