Re: Foam soil


"Bob May" <bobmay@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> The brown foam will look more like large rocks than dirt. Ultra flat
> paint
> is about right for dirt. You also want to keep away from having flat
> surfaces as there isn't much grading done to the ground and what there is
> is
> usually torn up quickly by man and nature.
> Use the brown foam sparingly to simulate rocks laying about.
>
You can pay for brown foam if you want to, or go to your nearest nusery and
get a bucket of what is known locally as "packing sand" (used to pack under
pavers, etc). Quite often they wont even charge you for one bucket,
othertimes it might be a dollar. Sieve it through fly screen, use the rocks
sorted out for wherever rocks are needed - scree, alluvial depositing, etc -
and sprinkle the remainins sand onto your painted flat scenery. Personally
I let the paint dry, then paint white glue mixed 1:1 with water over it. But
whatever works for you I guess.

Has a nice non-descript browny-greyish-tannish colour, too. :-)

Steve
Newcastle NSW Aust
> --
> Why do penguins walk so far to get to their nesting grounds?
>
>


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