by izzy1975
you know this is actually pretty neat to see peoples different techniques of modeling scenery. Almost every single post i have seen so far, someone has a different way! Very informative! Great job guys 
I've just spent days trying to find someone with Hydrocal in central NY. Central Hobby Supply used to sell you a 5-lb bag they made splitting up the 100-lb bags, but lost their supplier for the big bags some time ago. So far I've come up empty, although I may try the pottery or stucco outfits and see what I come up with.
I see Hobby Lobby has something in tubs called Pottery Plaster, though. Not sure if it's the same product USG sells named as such or not - the markings on the tubs are different. About the cheapest plaster I've seen anywhere short a 25-lb bag from a hardware store, especially if you can get it with one of their coupons, the 4-lb tub was $2.99.
All I want to do is the darned hardshell, I have a mix of foam, screen and cardboard strip going for various spots on this layout and it would be nice to finish a section and see what it looks like.
