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06/20/2008 6:15 AM  

Me too   I am looking forward to your pis's     Jim Shut and I  got into THE FAIRPLEX  layout  early sunday morning  when we were at  THE BIG TRAIN SHOW.

It was very interesting  some of the things they did.   They gave me Ideas  for my layout.   So  I will be glad to see your results so I can apply your method to  what I want to do. 

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06/20/2008 1:27 PM  
Ok today my wife and myself almost finished putting the chicken wire where it needs to go to get ready for the burlap/cement . Hopefuly next week we will start laying the burlap on the rest of the layout. Then the next step is to start the frame for our mts/tunnel. There will be one mountain with one tunnel curving through it and a second tunnel that will just go about three feet and stop that one will be a mine entrance. That being said i think i need a back transplant. The old bones are aching. Damn it,s not fun getting old.
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06/20/2008 1:32 PM  
Pete,

> Damn it,s not fun getting old.

Agree with you on that! If it wasn't for the alternative I wouldn't do it.

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06/23/2008 10:31 AM  
Ok here are some of the pictures of the work my wife and myself have accomplished so far











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06/23/2008 10:33 AM  
ok here are some more pic











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06/23/2008 10:39 AM  
one more sorry this is my first time posting pictures. We are still building the form for the mountin and tunnel. The form will be done today and we hope to apply the burlap/cement tomorrow





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06/23/2008 11:56 AM  
Bruce Ambrose of Canyon Creations did a demonstration at the 2008 garden railways Convention in Chandler this year. He uses both paints and stains. Each has it's advantages and disavantages. Since you are not in Arizona if you talk nice to him he might give you some pointers. He's at subru79@cox.net phone 602-790-4668.  By the way this seams like a good subject for a video or DVD.
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06/23/2008 4:46 PM  
Here are a few pic of work today











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06/23/2008 4:48 PM  
Tomorrow we hope to add the burlap/cement mixture
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06/25/2008 6:41 AM  
Where is everyone getting the burlap?   There is a  fabric store here in Phoenix  that has a lot of  UPOLSTRY supplies.  Like  Burlap  webing.  I wonder if that will work.
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06/25/2008 11:09 AM  
I would think it will work. We got ours at lowes it come in a three ft wide by twenty-five ft long rolls for around ten or twelve dollars. My wife and myself have about three days of work in on this project so far and i think we still have another three or four days of covering the chicken wire before we can start putting down the cement to form the mountains. We are hopeing to have this whole thing done by the end of this fall.
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06/25/2008 11:34 AM  
her are a few pic of todays burlap/cement work











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06/25/2008 11:40 AM  
And the rest of todays work











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06/30/2008 1:59 PM  
Pete,

Looking very good!

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07/01/2008 10:56 AM  
I would definitely recommend adding coloring to the mortar or cement.  Make it dark when it is wet because it will dry to a lighter color.  I did a dark black but it dries to a gray color.  Nothing worse than a light colored cement when you don't want it to be noticeable.

I also bought the kitchen tool below to make striations on the rocks.  I haven't  tried it yet but it certainly looks like the right tool.






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07/01/2008 11:17 AM  
http://www.mylargescale.com/Community/Forums/tabid/56/forumid/9/postid/36650/view/topic/Default.aspx
These mountains are all colored after the cement dries, the stone paint in the spray cans at Lowes and other places really works well also, I use the sand mix, for my mountains.
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07/02/2008 8:06 PM  
Do you have any pictures of your mountain and rock formation being made or what method you used.Like i said before what you have done will inspire others.
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10/11/2008 5:04 AM  
First i would start with dye in the mix and then i would use paint.
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10/13/2008 7:10 AM  
On our fake mountains we added dye to the cement and then sprayed an acid over the wet cement to add the color of different rocks the acid made a BIG difference here are a few pictures. The firs pic is just cement/burlap over chicken wire The second is cement with dye added and the last is the acid sprayed over the died cement 











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10/13/2008 8:23 PM  
What type of acid did you spray?   
 
Also was it deluted or  full strength?
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