I'm No Scenery Expert!

I found out that men and women go about things differently even when it comes to model railroading.

My idea was all of get together and talk about what we were going to do. Then someone (the experienced model railraoder) would show the novice (me) how to do scenery. I prepared myself for this and was very excited to finally learn how to do scenery the right way.

This was Denny's idea of teaching me scenery: Go do it. That's it? What happened to that warm, fuzzy feeling of us all working together? Here's me and the cold, already hardening plaster. Many containers of plaster later and learning (by scrubbing) not to let the plaster set, I can make a descent rock!

I had many weeks of pouring beautiful rock molds only to have them crack when I tried to remove them. I had enough rock slides that my son made me a "danger, rock slide" sign! I finally ununderstand what Denny's lesson was.

We can talk about it all day, but until you are covered in plaster and placing those freshly cast rocks , that's when you learn. He let me use my creativity, make mistakes and learn from them. Keep at whatever you are doing and break thru that learning curve. It is worth being patient and persistent.

Next comes getting the right color for the rocks. What color is "rock color" anyway?

Until next time appreciate the opportunities you have every day.

Georgeann