https://blog.model-train-help.com/2014/03/layout-ground-cover.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=layout-ground-cover Model railroads and model trains Wed, 09 Apr 2014 03:59:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://blog.model-train-help.com/2014/03/layout-ground-cover.html#comment-5477 Wed, 09 Apr 2014 03:59:02 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=3088#comment-5477 All the Commercial ground covers are nice and can add up in cost real quick. Add some kinds that are free. May be a little work but will enhance the layout at little or no costs. Such items you Spouse always wants you to rake called leaves. I use ground up leaves in an old blender and depending on what you are covering you can make mulch for your flower gardens, or dirt for your earth coverings. You have to rake them you might as well use them. In the blender mix leaves with water an d grind up. It looks like muck but after it drys for a week sift it out and get the texture you want. I use the course mulch for my model of a garden railway. or the flower beds of the city park. if you want dirt, just blend it some more dry to the texture you want. Now add the commercial colored textures to what you want above that. Newman Atkinson

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