Barchester

Use these links to take you to various sites for all the information you should need to create realistic looking scenery.

Adverts For The Layout : This is a great site for prototype period adverts for your lineside. Not easy to come by normally, especially as good as these.

Adding Colour To Your Plaster Rocks : A good article with pictures.

Adding Texture To Wood : A good article that lends itself to texturising other materials, like card. 

Backdrops :  Make and paint them yourself with the help of this article.

Backdrops : Buildings and pictures for you to download and use as backdrops.

Background Scenery :  A very good article from the Stockton Modeller site on making your own scenic backgrounds.

Backscenes : In ten foot lengths, reasonably priced too.

Backscenes : Photographic backdrops from TBBC.

Backscenes : From Cheshire Railway Modellers.

Backscenes : Panoramic photographs from Brad Templeton.

Cliffs :  Another way of getting that rugged landscape. Nice article with pictures.

Clouds - Making Them : A USA article but still meaningful for the 00 gauge modeller.

Designing The Landscape : A very good article by Stephen Chapman of the Australian Model Railway Association Incorporated.

Enamel Paints : If you are fairly new to using this type of paint then this article by Chris Rabson is well worth reading.

EZLine : For simulating telephone, electric lines. All suspended ropes, lines. Looks very good.

From T&R Models : A nice section on scenery, includes bridge work and ballasting. Tried and tested methods with illustrations.

Fencing : Chainlink for HO scale. Very nice too.

Garages To Model : Pictures of old garages that are just crying out to be modelled on the period layout.

Gates & Fencing : Fancy work here, intricate HO scale.

Grass Clumps : A good article from the Armorama people.

Grass Clumps : Made from faux fur. Good article.

Grass - Heki : A nice article on using this well known product.

Grassinator : An on-line DIY article on how you can make a static grass applicator, from Ztrains.

Grass - Wild : For small areas from Noch. This is a Walthers link for this product.

Guide To Scale Colour : A helpful article getting your colours just right.

Hard Landscaping : Great article with photographs on one mans way of creating the base landscape.

Hedges - Horsehair :  A very effective technique.

Landscape Modelling : Very good article from a UK site.

Making A River : Beautifully illustrated article on how to make this great addition to any layout.

More on Modelling Water : Another mans ideas from across the big pond. The names may be unfamiliar but the ideas are there.

Painting Your Population : Some excellent teaching techniques here for getting the best from your painting efforts.

Plaster - Working With It : A good article from a UK site.

Resin - Painting : A very good article from Model Railroad Craftsman.

Retaining Wall : This is a great photograph for reference if you want to build your own.

Retaining Walls : Very nice, 2mm and 4mm from International Models.

Road Signs : Old road signs that will set your period road works off nicely. A touch of nostalgia for older drivers who may be looking.

Signs - Tin : Tin signs of all kinds of things. From the USA.

Signs - Transportation : From the USA.

Signs : Quality custom vintage signs from the USA.

Signs - Old Western : Plus custom sign reproductions. From the USA.

Signs - Tin : Another supplier of tin signs from the USA.

Road Signs : All the road signs the modern layout will ever need from the Highway Code. Resize them for your scale.

Rocks : Made from upholstery foam. An excellent article with great results.

Rocks, Cliffs & Cuttings : Very good article on this subject.

Rockwork :  Colouring the rocks you have made. Get them looking right.

Roofing Shingles For S & O gauge : Very nice material here and very easy to use.

Route Markers :  From around the world but mainly USA, past and present.

Shop Signs : Great fast food signs for your shops.

Silflor : This is an excellent material for grass, looks very effective.

Static Grass : An excellent article on using this great product from Noch for very natural looking grass, smooth and rough.

Static Grass :  Another good article on getting the best out of this material.

Stonework - Painting : A good article from Model Railroad Craftsman.

Telegraph Poles : These are a for sale item but good photographs if you fancy making your own.

Telegraph Poles : Ready strung with cables. New idea and very neat. HO.

Thoughts From Australia : Nice photographs with information on what is available commercially.

Tips & Tricks : Many ideas from a Wargamers site that will fit in nicely with our model rasilways.

Trackside Signs : Signs for the modern layout.

Trees : Another easy to follow article on how to make trees using sea foam, a commercial product which may seem expensive but has enough stuff in it to make a considerable number of trees and bushes.

Trees : Yet another article on making trees. The wire method for deciduous trees and wire and string for conifers.

Trees : Make your own from sea moss, supplied by International Models.

Trees : Ready made from Timberline Scenery, very nice models too.

Tree Shapes - British : This is to help those modellers who want to be a bit more meticulous in their tree modelling efforts. Make them the correct shape. Nice site as well.

Trees : Another very good article on this popular subject. This time using postiche for the foliage.

Trees : A pdf file download on making your own trees.

Trees :  More about making trees. Puffball ones this time for a forest or background. Good article and pictures.

Trees :  Yet another way of making trees. This time with scouring pads, quite effective too. Maybe not the best in the world but fine for the back of the layout.

Trees : Ready made from the Heki range.

Trees USA Style :  A PDF format download, courtesy of Model Railroader. Not just another method of making a particular type of tree but also a good article on colours, shapes, positioning etc.

Trees : Ready made or make your own, the Skaledale Scenics from Kernow Model Rail.

Vines To Buildings - Adding : A good article from Model Railroad Craftsman.

Water - Modelling : Helpful article on modelling this sometimes difficult subject.

Weathering Doctor :  A good article from Model Railroader.

Weathering : Using cheap children's powder paints.

Weathering : The art of.

Weathering :  Advice on simulating age, deterioration and the distressing of your models.

Weathering : Another useful article on this favourite subject.


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