I use Genn-yoo-wine SE Iowa Durght, found nowhere else in the nation, for ground cover on SHABBONA RR. No "beasties", either - even sandburs look for other means of sustenance!
Mississippi Mudd also makes an appearance. Bob Nicholson __________________________________________ --- In [email protected], gftolhurst@... wrote: > > Any wee beasties in your CA dirt? > > > Fred Tolhurst > > > Maryville, TN > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Jackson <rwjaxon@...> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thu, Mar 24, 2011 11:37 am > Subject: {S-Scale List} Sealing Homasote > > > > > > Painting both sides of a sheet of Homasote before cutting helps to avoid > warping as Billy Wade described. I went Billy one better. Like him, I > first painted the sheets as obtained from the lumber yard with an earth > colored paint, but when the "up" side was painted I used an excess of paint > and while it was still wet I sprinkled a layer of real dirt over the entire > surface. Thus when it was dry I had a very realistic soil-surfaced sheet. > Now and then I had to go back and over-spray a sheet with flat clear acrylic > to fix places where the dirt was not adequately held by the paint. Moreover, > since my railroad imagines it is in Central California, I used real Central > Califonia soil! I had a relative send me a box of soil taken from a site > fairly close to a rail head on the edge of Fresno. Ya can't get more > prototypical than that! > Bob Jackson > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
