Well, are you getting “snow blind” yet from all those white rocks that you have made since my article about rock casting? Don’t you think it is about time to add some color? Adding a little color will bring the rock castings to life. The colors add shadows and highli...

I. Ties A. Glue down ties B. Stain ties C. Sand ties D. Restain ties E. Cut slot for points through bar II. Rail A. File a notch in the stock rails for the points B. File point rails C. File frog point rails D. Cut guard rails III. Laying rail A. Spike straight stock rail 1. Spike eve...

Have you ever looked at someone’s layout and wondered how they did all the rock castings? There are basically two methods, dry and wet. The dry method allows the modeler to mix large batches of plaster at a time. Have several molds ready and pour the plaster into molds until your supp...