Real rocks, your experience?

BANDOBOGR Forum Member

While visiting our eldest son and family, I was drawn to this old foundation on his property (first photo.) I find myself now looking at things in nature with an eye to making something similar on the layout. I wondered about using real rocks. Have any of you done so in your scenery? I picked up a few stones that looked interesting, and did a "quick and dirty" photo shoot yesterday using a few. (second photo) I can see some potential, when I add lichen and other greenery.

My layout will be more "toy train" focused rather than precise, totally accurate scenery.

B&OBill

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6/17/127:25 AM

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Dewey TrogdonOGR Forum Member MEMORIALIZED MEMBER

I mark their outline and carve out a hole in the foam of my phony mountain, apply adhesive caulk and "plant" them. I try to reflect a strata tendency based on photos taken from near our mountain cottage.

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AvantiOGR Forum Member

These are real. (Sorry for the dusty water).

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Jim PolicastroOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

These scenes have a mixture of real rocks and carved styrofoam. All are painted and drybrushed to blend in with each other.

Jim

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SaabsandTrainsOGR Forum Member

I was interested in this myself. I may pick up some pieces of slate from work and see how they look stacked together. Might be a cool way to mimick the rock formations I see when I visit the poconos.

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dk122trainsOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBERMEMORIAL SUPPORTER

Real Rocks work great!!!!!

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Super'O' manOGR Forum Member

I also use real rocks mixed in with my scenery. I'm always on the lookout for some unique rocks that I can blend in; when out west I picked up some 'red rocks' that I liked and added them to my scenery.

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TURTLE 2OGR Forum Member

I have used the rock molds on many parts of my layout, but knew I couldn't get the effect I wanted on the water fall with them. I found these real rocks in a lot of sizes while hiking. I used Liquid nails for projects to glue them in place. I have tried to build as much of the scenery on my work bench as I could. It is much easier to "Landscape' the sides of the hills.