On flat surfaces, wads of newspaper or packing peanuts can be piled up and secured with masking tape to create a hill shape. Hills can be made of shaped Styrofoam, wood formers covered with screen wire, or strips of cardboard and masking tape. First, some sort of structure is necessary to support the wet plaster shell as it is applied. Īpplying the plaster cloth is an easy 2-step process. These other sources sell the plaster cloth in a variety of different roll sizes, including bulk packages. Many other brands of the material are sold by most craft hobby stores and art supply shops. Walthers also sells similar products made by Faller, Noch, and Scenic Express. Most model railroad hobby dealers carry the popular Woodland Scenics line of scenery products that includes the firm’s plaster cloth. This makes the plaster cloth somewhat cleaner to use than the typical toweling dipped in plaster that’s often used to make a scenery base. Dipping the plaster cloth into a pan of warm water activates the plaster while the gauze holds it together as the wet piece is lifted and applied over a supporting base. The dry material comes in rolls and can easily be cut into manageable pieces with a pair of scissors. Plaster cloth consists of a porous, loosely woven gauze impregnated with a thin layer of dry fast-setting plaster of Paris. Sculptors began using plaster cloth in their artistic work, and it didn’t take long for modelers to discover this medium was useful as a scenery base. It was originally made as a sterile product that doctors used to make casts after they set broken bones. Plaster cloth is a relatively recent innovation in model railroad scenery construction materials.
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