There are many different methods for supporting hard shell scenery. Cardboard strips, chicken and screen wire, rolled up newspapers and Styrofoam. There are countless approaches to creating the initial support for the hard shell. I have discovered one which I found easy, clean and saf...

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...