Alternative to shaper sheet and foam carving is to use metal mosquito screen that you can cut and bend like the shaper sheet. You then apply plaster to the top of that to get the final surface. Bonus is it gives you a conductive backplane if you want to apply electrostatic grasses ( rather than sprinkle turf) where the grass will stand upright.

Foam is WAY easier and just as realistic. To each is own. Nice video as always. Great to see the progression of the layout.

Thanks, James for the vid. I've been wanting to see someone in the field use the shaper sheet other than the Woodland Scenics team. I'm going to try and use it for my mountain which is the central part of my layout. So thanks again for posting the vid! Best, John

Nice tutorial on the shaper sheet. Scene turned out great.

You came out with a nice scene and as always easy to follow

Looks great! Excellent!!

Cool scenery design 👍

great how to video..learned a few things.. thanks for sharing and keep up the great work. . Lance

looks great james maybe ill use the shaper shet on my layout when scenery time comes into play. im still laying roadbed and track keep up the great work man

hay man finished formation looks cool you did a great job

very informative, thanks.

Hi. So I used this and did a video too, but I see you didn't attempt to peel and stick two sheets together like they say you can. I couldn't get mine to peel apart, so I was curious if you tried it and had any luck? That was my only critique of it, otherwise it was a great product.

Nice video

Great video! Is the stuff like the mixing bowls and the plaster cloth tray really necessary or can you just use everyday stuff like Tupperware bowls or the foil paint trays that you can get at Wal-Mart for a few dollars?

"I got criticism for my layout being 2 dimensional" have you ever been in Indiana or Illinois? have they?

why did you take down the greeley freight station muesum video?

I am starting to get to a point to start building my layout again, I decided to scrap all the old stuff I had as far as tracks, benches, etc that were in storage and completely start with new stuff and try to follow an ISO modular build... I have a ton of trains I have to repair too, they sat up for years and I dont dare apply power to them without cleaning and inspection especially the motor brushs. Also I have gotten very creative in Garry's Mod, Tell me what you think: steamcommunity.com/id/Elfnet_Gaming/screenshots/

can all these videos work on a n scale layout because im starting that hobby soon

I would like to build a train layout maybe a nine foot long n six feet wide with a four track wide freight yard

I enjoy your videos but I can't help but get the idea this was an infomercial. You buy stock in Woodland Scenics or something? Don't take that the wrong way, I do like their products. Gerald