![]() ![]() Thirty or so years ago Homasote® was only available in this area on 25-sheet pallets so several of us would get together to split the expense. This stuff is quite cheap if purchased from a medical supply store however it has to be purchased by the case-fifteen rolls-and that makes the outlay just a little on the expensive side for one person. I know a couple of people who do use this stuff and they will usually line up three or four modelers to split the expense of a case. He brought about fifty or sixty rolls of it back stateside and used it for a couple of years but eventually it became unworkable because of the humidity and had to be discarded. ![]() I tried some of it but the Plaster of Paris didn't behave like Hydrocal® so I gave all of it to my buddy. He, on the other hand, really liked it-after all it was the right price-and he built a couple of layouts out of it. This usually happened about every three or four months. They kept hundreds of cases of this stuff on hand for contingency but it all had expiration dates and when this stuff was getting ready to expire we-my buddy and I-would fall heir to a couple of cases. First, the swamp, dug out of pink foam and coverend with plaster cloth: Then, coated with Gypsolite. This gives me a rough surface bed for my ponds and such. Then, I mix a thin slurry of Gypsolite and skim-coat the plaster cloth with that. We had another friend-a non-model railroader-who was in Medical Supply. First, I seal the plaster cloth by rubbing full-strength white glue on it with my fingers. While stationed in Germany in the early '70s I had a friend who was also an NScaler. The material is then dried and rolled and then cut to desired length.Īs an aside I have never really liked the stuff. In this case gauze is moistened and stretched and then Plaster of Paris-I'm going to guess that this PofP is probably very hot-is forced at high pressure into the fabric. ![]() I Googled " Plaster Cloth" and encountered the word " infused" several times this particular word to me infers something combined with something else at high pressure. ![]()
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