Scenery
Make a realistic river for your layout
Learn how to create a river on your model railroad layout
Published: 11/20/2009
Make your own realistic trees
Enhance your model railroad with an assortment of techniques using commercially available and natural products to construct better looking trees
Published: 09/25/2009
Forced perspective for model railroaders
How to make your train layout's cityscape look big
Published: 09/15/2009
Make a realistic lake for your model railroad
A top modeler shares his techniques for making a deep mountain lake on a train layout
Published: 07/01/2009
Video: How to paint clouds on a model railroad backdrop Subscribers Only Content
Add depth to your train layout with these easy-to-learn techniques
Published: 04/25/2008
Landscaping a layout with live cactus plants
A green thumb goes a long way for realistic desert scenes on a model railroad.
Published: 05/29/2007
Add realistic tall grass to your model railroad scenery
Using multiple scenery techniques to make convincing fields and prairies on a train layout
Published: 08/13/2006
Make better trees for your model railroad
Thoughts on trees and a method for homemade aspens for an HO scale layout
Published: 03/23/2005
Making rock castings for your model railroad
How to choose the molds and apply plaster castings to your layout
Published: 08/01/2002