Progress is slow these past few weeks. A hot wire foam cutter arrived in the mail and some fresh knife blades are now on site.
The roadbed on the north side of Fremont seems like a gentle route, cutting through toe slopes as the grade followed the creek. This includes a number of small cuts. A while back I spotted Golden Coarse Pumice Gel while shopping for Matt Medium. I don't exactly know what this is supposed to be used for, but it is like Matt medium with sand in it. I bought an 8 ounce container a while back and have used it on other parts of the layout. As I contemplated continuing the helix campaign, I thought to myself, "I bet you can color the stuff with acrylic paint!"
So I got a fresh container today and after doing some work I peeled off the protective foil (everything has protective foil these days, doesn't it!), and there was some on the bottom of the foil. I added some acrylic paint and by golly it worked! At the art store they have a serrated scraper and I applied the stuff to some foam drawing the serrations upward to look like erosion in the cut.
Stay tuned for more updates as I continue to experiment with this stuff. I wonder if it will work with tile grout?
Keith Hayes
Leadville in Sn3