Trees.

In am hoping that some one out there can tall me how to stop ground foam from sticking to the trees trunk.

The entire tree from top to bottom gets covered with spray adhesive and is then dusted with foam ( woodland scenics green blend T49 ). As I am not using furnace filter type material rather individual branches the trunk is very exposed. I have been able to brush off some of the foam but it still shows.

Any suggestions would be most welcome. Apologies for the bad quality pictures.

Thanks.

John.

I mixed Woodland Scenics Smooth It as the instructions recommended. I then poured the mixture into a number of areas defined with the recommended tape.

The results were not good. The mixture was thicker than cake batter. Did not flow at all. None of the areas are completely filled and certainly not level.

Now I have to mix more and topcoat it. Does anyone have any suggestions based on their experience they can share.

Bob

I finished up the crossing at Meredith Drive on my IAIS Grimes Line layout. Meredith is the only grade crossing that features gates on the prototype so I wanted to include all the bells and whistles. The crossing uses Tomar gates and flashers controlled by a Logic Rail Technology Grade Crossing Pro circuit. The gates are powered with a Tortoise switch motor and two Circuitron Remote Signal Activators. An ITT sound module provides the crossing bell.

James

Hello,

I am looking to design a thunderstorm for the backdrop of a module I am planning. I would like to simulate cloud to cloud lightning (clound to ground lightning would be cool; but, dangerous) thru the use of multiple lights (LEDs?) accompained by thunder. I would like to control the lights in different groups (thinking 5) so the lightning would not always be in the same location. I would also like to control the timing between the lightning and the thunder so I can make it sound like the storm is getting closer and them moving off.