As long-term followers of our layouts will know, up until now we've been in the habit of using real Welsh rock as a scenic material, but that does have consequences for the weight of the layouts (and the poor team who have to carry them in and out of venues when we're exhibiting).
So Himself has decided that the time as come to experiment a little.
We still believe that nothing has an authentic texture quite like the real thing so he has set me the challenge of seeing whether I can replicate a few pieces in resin.
This should be easy enough, although I'm going to go through a job lot of RTV silicone and a fair bit of resin too.
The challenge for him will then be to paint them to make them look realistic.
Latex rubber is good for making rock molds, nice and flexible, holds detail well and much cheaper than rtv.
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