| the alternative is to use 'modroc cloth' or plaster bandage instead of paper mache- ( this is the type of product used to make plaster casts for broken limbs !) use the chicken wire as a former and replace the paper mache with strips of plaster bandage, just cut to length or correct size, dip in a bowl of water, quickly drain of excess water and lay wet plaster cloth on the wire and form your hillside, when dry it forms a very strong tough structure, plaster bandage can be found on ebay and at good rail model shops, its cheap it forms a solid structure and its white so it takes paint very very well, you can easily build up textures and surfaces too, rocks, earth or whatever, i have used this for both landscape models and my first n scale layout, its excellent, and quick and clean.... but for me its the strength that is the big bonus.....
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just gotta keep building ! |