What is your opinion on fusion fiber

That's all I've been using for the past few years and really like it.

Well, actually not ALL, I do paint the top first with some earthy colored paint, then mix up a batch of fusion fiber (go to a thrift store and get a 3 or 4 quart pot to mix it in) with water and whatever color acrylic paint you want to mix in with it.

I use a wooden spoon to get the lumps on the layout then smooth it down with a putty knife, followed with a small paint roller pressed down lightly.  Then I sprinkle Woodland Scenics ground foam on top and run the paint roller over it again to get it embedded into the fusion fiber.

I don't think this is recommended, but after it dries for a bit I take a wide paint brush and dabble a 50/50 mix of Elmers glue and water over everything to make sure it doesn't come up.

I recently added a 2x8 angle-shaped piece to my layout and got the basic ground cover in place:

Here's what it looked like before with just green paint down:

I still have a lot to do and my scenery skills, well I need more practice.

If you don't like it after it dries, it comes up easily with a putty knife.

That's my way, but Bill and Maria have some videos on their site I think you can go by also.

Good evening

I like it, keep it handy all the time. For rock faces and cliffs not so much, but on anything Flat or hilly yes. Use along the right of way to blend in the road bed and make ditches. use along rivers or ponds, make farm fields, dirt roads, in logging areas loggers mess up a lot of ground, construction sites, on ledges of cliffs, filling gaps in scenery. Stumps, boulders, building foundations can recess into it. Takes a while to dry, lot of water to evaporate. No waste just let the unused portion dry out, bring it back with more water. Don't try to store wet or it will look like a biology experiment. The bottom photo only the straight section in front of station as Fusion Fiber the curved section is just plywood with grass texture.

Clem k

I like the fact that you can remove it easy,if you don't like the way it came out,or you want to make some changes to the scene later on ,in the video i saw they say to put adhesive dry wall tape on the blue or pink foam board first so it will have something to grab onto when you spread it out,is this really necessary ?

It does make it easier.

Bought a bag after seeing the demo at York some years ago...neat looking product, seemed to work great. Bought a bag or two. When I was ready to do scenery, I followed the directions exactly and every time it turned Barney the Dinosaur purple and I mean PURPLE! That wasn't going to work...I contact the manufacturer multiple times and they went out of their way to help, sent various other paints to try, etc and no matter what, it still turned Purple. Tossed it all in the trash and went back to my sculptamold before going back to the old school carpet scenery. 

I was in the booth next to the gent demonstrating it when he first moved to the Orange Hall. Had lots of free time to watch as he demonstrated the product and allowed folks watching give it a try.After 3 days of demonstrations, he and those who jumped in completed a scene. Seemed Like a nice product, but a bit pricy.

He did point out that it's important to use acrylic paint to maintain water solubility. I didn't see any purple during the demos.

Don

Their directions called for tempura paint at the time, then they changed suddenly to "only use acrylic" paint, then this, then that. Sent me samples to try, different "fiber" etc. No change. The whole thing seemed kind of like a crock to me after a while....

Fusion Fiber has always worked great for me!!  I bought a bag from Harrison Trains as I watched their demo in the Orange Hall at York. Brought is home and mixed with acrylic paint and worked fine.  Makes nice hills and dirt roads!  Im happy with the product!

How does fusion fiber compare to Sculptamold? I've always liked Sculptamold as an alternative to plaster but I have not used it as a ground cover layer.

Bill Dimenna is a forum member. If you do a search on "fusion" you will see several topics.

It is much different than sculptamold which dry very hard. It depends where you wish to use the product.

Thanks to all who responded,it seems that overall it is a good product, Don, i did as you suggested & did a search & after reading the responses i think i will order 1 bag & try it out myself to see if i like it,i think i will be happy with it,i will post some pictures when i get to that point.