PrairieKnight
Active Member
I am at the point in my first 4 X 8 HO DCC layout where the track is laid on Woodland Scenics foam roadbed. I was thinking of painting the roadbed and the basic foam insulation base of the layout (before any elevations or terrains are added to the base) while I install the rail joiner feeder wires.
I would like any advice and suggestions on what paint I should use to cover the green 1 inch Lowe's insulation base on the layout. I have tried a few different rattle cans from stores on pieces of the green insulation and they bubbled up worse then a home chemistry set experiment that went bad when I was in third grade. I do like the colors in the Vallejo Model Air line of Flat earth and dirt. I also like the Tamiya paints that I have used on a few structure kits. However, I was hoping there was some other type of paint that I could use with good coverage and not as expensive as the little Vallejo or Tamiya bottles.
Also, any ideas about painting the foam road bed would be greatly appreciated. I do plan on putting ballast on the tracks at some point in the future. I just thought a stone grey paint of some type would be a good idea at this stage. But again, hoping to find a paint that is not as expensive as the little model paints from Vallejo or Tamiya for the amount of area I am looking to cover.
I would like any advice and suggestions on what paint I should use to cover the green 1 inch Lowe's insulation base on the layout. I have tried a few different rattle cans from stores on pieces of the green insulation and they bubbled up worse then a home chemistry set experiment that went bad when I was in third grade. I do like the colors in the Vallejo Model Air line of Flat earth and dirt. I also like the Tamiya paints that I have used on a few structure kits. However, I was hoping there was some other type of paint that I could use with good coverage and not as expensive as the little Vallejo or Tamiya bottles.
Also, any ideas about painting the foam road bed would be greatly appreciated. I do plan on putting ballast on the tracks at some point in the future. I just thought a stone grey paint of some type would be a good idea at this stage. But again, hoping to find a paint that is not as expensive as the little model paints from Vallejo or Tamiya for the amount of area I am looking to cover.