Breaking up is hard to do

Take some pictures !!  LOL    OH I hate taking stuff apart!  After spending time and effort to build it!

Jim

Why not leave the Masonite in place and make the new part of the mountain from several layers of pink foam (extruded foam insulation available at home improvement stores)? The pink foam is lightweight and easy to carve into whatever shape you need, so it can easily be matched to the existing mountain. Once in place, it can be covered with a thin layer of plaster. In your case, put plaster over the top of the Masonite, blend with the original part of the mountain then cover with scenic material.

MELGAR 

What got my interest was the "soaked in brown water" statement.  The possibilities boggle the mind.

TEAR IT OUT.... Your new build will be 10 times better and you will be glad when its all said and done.Nick

MELGAR posted:

Why not leave the Masonite in place and make the new part of the mountain from several layers of pink foam (extruded foam insulation available at home improvement stores)? The pink foam is lightweight and easy to carve into whatever shape you need, so it can easily be matched to the existing mountain. Once in place, it can be covered with a thin layer of plaster. In your case, put plaster over the top of the Masonite, blend with the original part of the mountain then cover with scenic material.

MELGAR 

Melgar

Too late already removed masonite. I don't want anything extending outward past the layout plywood edges.  So chicken wire will be formed  from edge inward and meet up with old mountain form.

I like the idea of the foam but afraid visitors and us would be brushing against the foam and knock off pieces.

J Daddy posted:

you a can do anything with a saw zaw!

Yep, used a neighbors Sawzall to cut scenery apart in three places for move.  Once in place, we patched and painted and sceniced, so we have to look close to find the seams.

rrman posted:

Too late already removed masonite. I don't want anything extending outward past the layout plywood edges.  So chicken wire will be formed  from edge inward and meet up with old mountain form.

I like the idea of the foam but afraid visitors and us would be brushing against the foam and knock off pieces.

I carve the foam and then cover it with Sculptamold, Mold-a-Scene or Lightweight Hydrocal. These protect the foam with a hard outer layer that is durable and a good base for scenery. Also lighter, cleaner and much easier than chicken wire and plaster cloth.

MELGAR

GregM posted:

What got my interest was the "soaked in brown water" statement.  The possibilities boggle the mind.

Ah, won't go there!

What I use is brown Quickrete concrete color that I discovered at Home Depot while looking for something else. Pour a little into cool/warm water for plaster cloth.  Cloth dries a light brown or darker if alot of colorant used.

So when we began shaping the old mountain cloth to match the new installed chicken cloth, small brown crack lines appeared which isn't as distracting as whites (used earlier section before discovering my colorant idea) and easier to scenery over if desired..

carsntrains posted:

Take some pictures !!  LOL    OH I hate taking stuff apart!  After spending time and effort to build it!

Jim

Will post some but somewhat further along on this than we expected to be (helps its umteen below temp and windy, so good reason to work on "The Project").