A few years ago I was taking my wife to a crafts shop in Marion, PA when I came upon the perfect trackside structure. It was a grain feed depot alongside a railroad spur. I made it a point to return someday and take some photos. However, I procrastinated and when I recently returned, motivated by the purchase of an ERTL 1:64 scale Grain Feed Set, the business had transferred to a pellet dealership. The plan was to marry the ERTL set with a scratchbuilt structure that was inspired by the structure in Marion.

Hi all-

As a bit of a side project, I'm attempting to mimic Jappe's concrete weathering technique that he outlines in this post.  I've painting the base concrete coat on the model however I have little experience working with artists' oils and had a question.  Does anyone out there have a good tip on mixing these thicker paints? 

If you would like to see more of the scenery in the mountain area, please check out my video on YouTube:

Thanks for looking!

Rick

I have made my first applications of Joe's Mud scenery and I am very pleased with the results. Instead of doing all the landforms first I have opted on sequencing techniques learned from years of project management. As I progress from right to left in approximately two to three foot segments, I have: open benchwork with roadbed, cardboard strip landforms, taped skin, painted skin, bare curing mud, painted mud, soil and turf. I start each work session by adding more cardboard strip landforms then progress to each step as time and material on hand allows.