dirt effects?

[Summertrainz]

Heh Train lovers 
i made another post that said "grass effects?"
and id like to ask more people
for dirt effects
would i take top soil and grill it as they say for organisms?
and another question
i want to make a farm field how would i do that?
with the dirt?

[RAM]

I think paint works better than dirt.

[Summertrainz]

yea i considered paint
i don't know if it would look as good as real dirt
you have it on your layout?

[jsmvmd]

Our friend, Harold Minkwitz has an answer.

http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/fur_grass/

[fieromike]

Heh Train lovers 
i made another post that said "grass effects?"
and id like to ask more people
for dirt effects
would i take top soil and grill it as they say for organisms?
and another question
i want to make a farm field how would i do that?
with the dirt?

I seem to remember an article that used wide wale corduroy as a base for a plowed field.  The writer used brown fabric, painted it with lighter shades of brown, and used finely sifted (and sterilized) soil over that.  Looked pretty decent.

Mike

[hminky]

For dirt I just paint the plaster for texture I stipple on a mixture of gravel and latex earth paint:



Visit:

http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/scenery/stippling/

I use paver sand for flat areas:



Visit:

http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/gravel/

Most ground areas are covered with vegatation

Thank you if you visit
Harold

[Jim Banner]

I use dirt from the garden, sterilized, dried and sieved.  Saturating it with denatured alcohol sterilizes it quickly and helps it dry faster.