Diorama modeling question

[rpdylan]

I used it on this dio that I never finished....

[KCS Trains]

Sorry, I didn't exactly answer your question.  No matter the base, I would paint it a brown color and add the dirt directly on top of the paint.  If you don't paint, you have to add a lot more dirt to cover up the color of the base.  3/4" plywood offers a very neutral color that is easy to paint.  Phil

[bparrish]

Below are some photos of the trolley module that I was part of building.  Although not complete with structures and population, you can see the terrain.  There is no plaster and no base color paint.

You can get a sense of the grade elevations and the track plan.

see ya
Bob

[postalkarl]

Hi All:

Here is the wood I was telling you about. This is a 1 Sq. Foot piece and it's 3/4" thick. It comes from Lowe's and is for making furniture & shelves. It's Idaho Timber Stain grade solid wood panel.

I used it for my FOS Scale Models REA Freight station. It was a 3/4" X12" X30" piece. It was still nice and straight a week after I finished the diorama.  It comes in several sizes. I will be using this stuff from now on.

Karl

[postalkarl]

Hi All:

Here's what the label looks like.

Karl

[deemery]

Its this stuff... I used it when I built my shed and had some pieces left over. I used it with the coated side "up"- painted the green face with earth colored paint.

Thanks, that's interesting looking stuff!


dave

[deemery]

Karl, did you paint/seal that plywood before you started working on it?


dave

[S&S RR]

Hi All:

Here's what the label looks like.

Karl

Karl



Interesting - I'm going to look for it here.

[postalkarl]

Hi Dave, & Rpdylan & John:

This is not plywood. It Is 3/4" X about 2" wide solid wood edge and end glued together. I did not seal it and I had no warping problem On a 12' X 30" piece.. There is not A coated side it is bare stainable wood.

Karl

[Mike Engler]

Hi Dave, & Rpdylan & John:

This is not plywood. It Is 3/4" X about 2" wide solid wood edge and end glued together. I did not seal it and I had no warping problem On a 12' X 30" piece.. There is not A coated side it is bare stainable wood.

Karl

Hey Karl- 


I still don't get it- did you buy a piece that was 12x30, or did you cut it to that size from a larger piece? Or did you edge-glue several pieces together to make it 12x30?


For me you need to draw a picture- it's like when you taught me how to post photos on the forum about ten years ago.

[postalkarl]

Hi Mike:

It comes from the store as described above. The piece I bought was 3/4" X 12" X 36". I had Lowe's cut a 6" piece off the end of it. As you can see in the label photo It comes in several sizes so you can build all kinds of shelves and funrniture with it. If you look at the 12" square piece photo you can see the glue joints sides & ends.

Karl