Recent content by MT Hopper

Just a thought but. Four tree trunks to act as posts. Suspend a large mesh piece of wire or some such material from the four trunk/posts at a height appropriate for the foliage canopy you want. Trial place tree foliage pieces to your liking then glue them on to the mesh. Surround the trunk/posts...

I also would like to know which printer you use for the cardstock Cheers MT

Hello? Jurassic Fish? Any progress on the saltwater marsh? Cheers Will

There is or was, a corrugated iron club based in Australia aka Oz, that had tons of info on corrugated iron and all the corrugated sheet iron buildings in Oz and New Zealand. IF I recall correctly the first corrugated iron sheet originated in 1896 in England for use in Harbours, but don't hold...

p.p.s. See The faux fur guy builds a grassinator thread (hminky). Harold does/did some really excellent tutorials on scenery. Cheers Will

Just spotted NH Mikes comments about Wally World cheap paintbrushes and of course a Dollar store or whatever stores cheap paintbrushes might also prove to be a source for fibres for grass etc. Cheers from the Heart of the Continent Will

Palaeoniscidae (freieslebeni) Starting with a baseboard coloured in your favourite mud colour as per NWP Dave. There are really two ways to go. Method one is to find suitable length and coloured fake fur aka fun fur aka teddy bear fur at a yard goods store. Apply a coat of something like...

I may very well be wrong ( not the first time either), but doesn't the MRC Tech 6 look after dc control with DCC sound control? Just a thought. Cheers from the Heart of the Continent Will

An idea I got from another forum was intended to prevent "some" of the envirotex creep up the shoreline and pilings. The idea was to pre brush some envirotex at the appropriate levels and places. I believe it was Dave Frary who suggested it. Cheers from the Heart of the Continent Will

1-24th scale 15" gauge. Gn15 Cheers Will

Your approach should work. My weird idea was a piece of tubing such as the translucent type or some similar material, a finishing nail with a suitably sized head, and some acrylic caulking. Use a lubricant, vaseline or something suitable that envirotex doesn't adhere to, to lube the outside of...

Like Scordicus I also model narrow gauge in several scales I started in HOn30 and moved on to 1-35th scale. Saw the B'man On30 and couldn't resist the Forney. Then there is the 1-24th scale micro layout sitting here waiting to be finished. Not that I like narrow gauge you understand ( tongue in...

Wait a minute ( not enough coffee ingested), I just responded to NWP Dave! What happened to jurassic fish? Cheers from the Heart of the Continent Will

Quick question. How do you plan to avoid the wickup problem with the envirotex if you've planted the cordgrass salt grass? I have a wild idea of how to but I'd like to "hear" your solution first. Cheers Will

Forgot, go to wikipedia and search for saltwater marsh and you'll see a neat animation of tidal levels and the affect on the marsh. As time allows I will try to get back for some materials and techniques suggestions. Cheers Will