How To Make Cheap Realistic Rock Faces

How To Make Cheap Realistic Rock Faces - Part 1

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8 жыл бұрын

How To Make Cheap Realistic Rock Faces - Part 1
Hello And Welcome To Budget Model Railways, where you can learn how to make all aspects of a model railway cheaply! In this video, I will show you how to make simple rock faces for under £2 {$2}. in part 1, i will show you how to make the rock face, and in part 2 i will show you how to paint and weather your model railway rock face!

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@phillwhitehead2414 Жыл бұрын

I always tune in but don’t seem to so as much as I have in august 2022 But I will keep my notifications on as I don’t want to miss a thing as it’s all beneficial to o my modeling

@hebble1000 2 жыл бұрын

My favourite model channel! Love your son prompting in background:) I will use what you showed with my 7 yr old grandson to add a rock side finish to our homemade OO curved, cardboard double mountain tunnel. No need for expensive ready made cliff edges.

@BudgetModelRailways 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad we could help, have fun with your grandson

@geoffwallace2192 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video on building rock faces, with the use of corrugated cardboard and filler. Will try this method on my new layout . Geoff Wallace , in Derby, UK. 👍

@BudgetModelRailways 6 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it Geoff, it seems to work well

@BudgetModelRailways 8 жыл бұрын

Hi, if you found this useful you might like to see part two where I show how to paint and finish the rock face.

@richarddrewe5021 4 жыл бұрын

Really love this idea! Determined to build a cliff face into my next layout now!

@BudgetModelRailways 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

@TRAMJUNCTION7147HG 5 жыл бұрын

Back in the day before railway scenery items were available, people used to use paper mache' made from wallpaper paste and cut up pieces news paper. All mixed to together to a consistency similar to the filler you are using. You can then form it to make rock faces, hills or whatever and it dries pretty quickly. It's cheap and only costs the price of a packet of wallpaper paste which will cover a very large area. Mix it it a bucket, like you would if you are decorating, mix in the paper and it will keep for weeks if you fit a lid on the bucket, so you can use it when you want.

@BudgetModelRailways 5 жыл бұрын

Cheap simple and easy

@SouthJunctionSidings 7 жыл бұрын

Great video,Have now subscribed keep up the good work.

@theonlyfaeronarr 6 жыл бұрын

I never see cardboard like that here in Tasmania, BUT the guys that came to install our new heatpump didnt have to take their dense packing polystyrene away ;)

@hans-goranlindberg9408 6 жыл бұрын

Nice Work !!

@algodude8713 6 жыл бұрын

hollywood budget railways = solid gold trains

@daveleaver5968 6 жыл бұрын

Hi, I'm a novice. I haven't started an layout yet. I've just been buying track also starter sets plus some N gauge loco's and rolling stock. I found your video's;very helpful more than others. I have watched.Thank you, for the info also the help; you have given me from the video's you do. I feel that I have a plan now. Of a layout. I have more understanding. Thanks

@BudgetModelRailways 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Dave happy to help, glad you found them useful. Thanks for watching

@edoc2 7 жыл бұрын

really good rock face well done Dave

@CD-xu7dy 7 жыл бұрын

Dave???????????????????

@CD-xu7dy 7 жыл бұрын

I really love the way that your son thinks that we can't here him

@timjupp2334 4 жыл бұрын

You could use screwed up tin foil for the in prints

@jcameron2554 6 жыл бұрын

Great job on the rock face, maybe a thought if you wanted to model a jagged rockface. Instead of a reasonably round pebble, how about using a piece of slate pressed into the filler?

@BudgetModelRailways 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent idea thanks

@jazzman1626 6 жыл бұрын

J Cameron Oh, you’ve just given me a great idea! I have some spare slate tiles left over from the kitchen floor a few years ago. They are of Chinese slate and have that uneven surface of slate. I won’t need to try to replicate a natural pattern for my rock face. Cheers!

@jcameron2554 6 жыл бұрын

JAZZ MAN You might find that you have to break the tiles to get a scaled effect. Unless the slate surface is quite rough which I can't see for a floor tile, though try it out, if all else fails crack the corner off with a hammer and use the broken edge to imprint the filler, you could use the tiles as they are but this would make for a heavy weight on the board.

@jazzman1626 6 жыл бұрын

J Cameron Yes, I meant as a surface to imprint on. One of the guys doing the kitchen wasn’t a fan of the uneven surface. I find trying to replicate natural random patterns, difficult but I wouldn’t have to fake it with an imprint from a real tile. It’s worth a try though.

@chrissaxon3236 3 жыл бұрын

I know this is an old video but do you know how steep the incline is/was?

@BudgetModelRailways 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry no as the layout is long gone. It was pretty steep though, much steeper than the experts reckon you can do. Mind you it would only take a kato chassis and a couple of wagons

@chrissaxon3236 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks I need to do a up and under crossover but only have a short space. What height clearances would you recommend for a flat top tunnel

@BudgetModelRailways 3 жыл бұрын

Best thing to do is get your tallest item of rolling stock or loco, put it on whatever track you use and measure it

@steveng6271 6 жыл бұрын

Very smart kid you have there

@BudgetModelRailways 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I'm very proud of him

@jamurphy8386 6 жыл бұрын

Cheers! I'm about 45 years removed from being a beginner!!! :-P However, I've stumbled upon your series whilst searching low cost Model Railroad techniques. This is my fifth video of yours so far.... and you've taught this old fart modeler a few new tricks! I've a question... Your "Filler". In the Colonies, would that be considered Spackle, Grout, or something else entirely? Thanks!

@123Defiance 6 жыл бұрын

Hiya, no idea exact naming, but this filler looks like a ready mixed filler for eg filling dents in sheet rock, i would try from dollar stores up etc, also, more expensive is ready mixed sheet rock filler, as long as it dries like sheet rock jointer etc you're well away

@BudgetModelRailways 6 жыл бұрын

Hi so glad you like our videos, it's a DIY all purpose filler sold in discount stores

@123Defiance 6 жыл бұрын

I doubt i'm breaking the official secrets act so i'll let you in on a bit of fact (info) My Fiancee works for an adhesive company, rhymes with non-stick ;-) Most of Wickes-Screwfix etc are supplied by the very company she works for ! So enjoy lower prices with the best quality hehe, ps: Bal grip make Wickes tile cement, that stuff's good for modelling on large scale but isn't exactly cheap even under Wickes brand, but hey, if you want quality tile adhesive say no more lol