113 - Realistic ground cover tutorial. Materials, techniques, paint, weathering and more!!

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In this loaded video I explain how to model realistic looking soil, grass and ballast in a method that everyone can do. I explain the materials I use and the differences, the various techniques, painting styles and how to weather the scenery as well.
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0:00 Material for ground cover
0:31 T31 Woodland scenics soil
1:25 Painting the layout
1:58 Ballasting an industry spur
2:49 Applying ground turf cover
4:12 Building foundation
5:38 Painting ground cover
6:23 Wet on wet painting result
7:32 Weathering the track
8:02 Applying static grass and tufts
8:54 Finished ground cover and static grass
10:37 Why I am so happy

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@mrlightbulb6567 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve never enjoyed making a dirt road or parking lot, but that fact the you can paint a dirt road amazes me and gives me confidence to try it differently. Thank you for uploading these wonderful videos!

@DubaiTrains 2 жыл бұрын

Your welcome MLB. Just dilute the paint, use smudgy colors to start with, and keep blending! Practice makes perfect. This is the 3rd gravel section i did. ;-)

@rjl110919581 2 жыл бұрын

thank you for sharing every detailed video as well layout all time

@DubaiTrains 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Robert. More to come!

@schadowolf Жыл бұрын

Incredible tutorial! Enjoying and learning from your videos!

@DubaiTrains Жыл бұрын

Nothing but the whole story 😉

@modellbahn-cafe 2 жыл бұрын

Nice and helpful tutorial, thx! Greetings Marcus

@DubaiTrains 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Marcus!

@GerbenWijnja Жыл бұрын

I use the vacuum from woodland scenics to suck up the excess grass. It runs on a 9v battery and catches everything in a small container, so you can reuse the grass. Another thing you can try is to drive a little car through the almost-dry soil, to create tyre tracks.

@DubaiTrains Жыл бұрын

I have seen that vacuüm cleaner. Now I am using a normal vacuüm machine with a panty hose to catch the grass.

@CMDR_Hadion 2 жыл бұрын

I'm really glad you're doing this series. I'm also working on a diorama (okay, 2.5x13.5 feet might be a bit large for a diorama, but I don't have a layout at the moment so it has to pull double duty) and it is similarly in an urban-industrial area with street-running. I'm currently laying track & soldering at the moment, as well as building a DCC system from scratch & converting some older locos to DCC+sound, but these videos will be a fantastic resource in a month or so. Something you may or may not wish to look into is scratch building structures with cardstock. I found a channel on YT that goes by the name of Chandwell, and it got me super inspired, as the host does such fantastic, convincing work. I'm not sure if the details would be as convincing in HO scale though, as he models in British N gauge, but it might be worth a try, and cardstock & paper is miles more cost effective than textured styrene, though you may have to do your weathering digitally, due to a lack of texture on the model.

@DubaiTrains 2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear that my videos are found by the right folks. Can i find your trackplan somewhere on the internet? I will check out the card stock options. For now i am planning to use a mix of ABR modulair building system and kitbashing plastic kits.

@CMDR_Hadion 2 жыл бұрын

@@DubaiTrains The track plan is a custom affair, built in AnyRail 6. Haven't uploaded it anywhere (and the left hand half isn't final yet, that's phase II of the build). It's an N scale Layout with continuous running and two reverse loops (one significantly more elegantly placed than the other) & it's primarily designed for operations over prototypical look, (minimum radius 9") as its main purpose is to validate my interest in the hobby and to build my modeling skills. I'll see if I can't upload the plan to reddit here shortly. The majority of the industrial branch line is street running with the main switching area having a run-around where the tracks are placed in what would normally be on street parking, so that way I can leave cars for inspection without blocking the road. Another interesting operational concern is that this line has a trolly right of way on it, so the line has to be cleared frequently for the passenger service.

@DubaiTrains 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you have a good idea of what you want. The concept as you describe will be fun to operate. Smart to first validate your interests. And when you get hooked, you'll find that with the first few layout your interests will get refined leading to a different layout. Don't get discouraged if the first structures or scenery you do isn't what you expected. Just keep on practicing and before you'll know it you will amaze yourself.

@gerdeguelle1967 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video

@DubaiTrains 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ger. 👍🏻👍🏻

@jeronimomindsweeper1239 2 жыл бұрын

Very helpful. As regards the secret end of the switch tiebar, how about a kid practising his Little League skills on open ground?

@DubaiTrains 2 жыл бұрын

Noted Jeronimo!

@Gesampa 2 жыл бұрын

Nice tutorial. 👏👏👏

@manolo602 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video!. Is it an operational diorama?

@DubaiTrains 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Manolo, a train does run on it. But the purpose of the diorama is to try new technieks for my next layout. Once it's finished ill probably put it on display somewhere.