After ballasting the yard I made a start in casting rocks. I needed plenty and use the Woodland Scenics rock moulds. The plaster that I had on hand seemed to do fine when mixed with my ground cover dirt, but the rock castings I made with it had a chalky texture. I wondered if it had been sitting too long. I discovered this after painting and staining the first rock moulds I had fitted to the hillside above the town where a lot of the detail sadly got washed out. They looked quite featureless and dull. I bought some new plaster, which fixed the problem going forward.
I thought I would have to pull out the failed castings and refit and shape new ones. But before I did that I thought about carving the old castings to see if I could put more detail into them. I hacked and chipped away at the castings using a pick and a craft knife. They didn't look too bad at all, so I decided to leave them in place. This gave me the confidence to try carving rocks on another part of the layout, so it was worth experimenting with.
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| The rock castings before blending them together and painting. |
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| The final result after carving the castings and painting. |
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