Good afternoon. I've been searching for an accurate ho scale brick sheet, not interested in the printed or embosed products.

Holgate and Reynolds made one that was a bit small for ho, but was better than any others i could find. I guess  H&R are out of business, though.

A forum mentioned Evergreen Scale Models as having a good brick sheet. I contacted Evergreen directly and they said they didn't make a brick sheet. they recommended H&R.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks,

Stephen

Some years ago I crossed paths with an article on how to model southern california cliffs next to the ocean.  I can't find it now.     Specifically, where SP runs along the coast in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties, the line is on top of or at the bottom of shaley clay cliffs that are heavily eroded.  The article (as I remember) described a modeler's wonderful rendition of these.  Any one know where the article was, or have ideas about techniques.

(Please forgive the layout of this post, I have a hell of a time with this site getting images to simply align in the order I want. It may be a Firefox thing. You can find a more organized post here on my site).

I've been playing with scenery, and wanted to move my testing onto the static grass. The applicators seem the way to go, but I'd rather spend $200 with one of the advertisers here before buying a Noch version.

Thanks to this website that had a great break down of items to purchase, I got the parts, and started whipping my homemade version into shape.

The key, it seems, is the negative ion generator. I know some folks have had luck with a electronic fly swatter, but in the middle of winter they're kind of hard to find, so I went ahead and ordered one of these. As an added bonus, it is 12 volt.

First up was a rough approximation of the tutorial.

I realized after beginning construction that the shape isn't relevant to the function (or at least I believe).  What is important is that the wiring is sound. The package is in some degree not material as long as the grass passes through the screen that is receiving the charge.

Based on that, and that I was having a hard time getting the two parts above to adhere, I went with a simpler model.  It is smoked almond container, with the screen not glued in, but just pinned by the cap and the top of the jar. I liked the thicker plastic, and duct tape seemed to hold the electonics pretty securely.

This ion generator is from the automotive world, and is 12 volt, which is the same voltage i realized as my MRC 12 volt powerpack. I have that powerpack on a toggle switch so I can go between DC and DCC on my layout; I figured why bother with another power source? The Red and Black alligator clips attach to any rail section, the green is for the ground. I just clip them on and fire up the powerpack to 80/90%.

I'm starting to do some more scenery on my layout. I have started the backdrop and a couple of mountains. I also did some rocks that to me don't look to good ,Anyone here have any suggestions on what I should to to them?

Donald