A complete guide into recreating this scene of an old dirt road and dried up muddy puddle. Check out for more tutorials related to scenery and model railroading.\rbr\rbrFollow along as I step you through a thorough how to style video on making this scene, from a piece of extruded foam to a photo real scene complete with cracked mud, dirt road, an outcropping of rocks, trees and realistic ground cover.\rbr\rbrA lot of modelers see scenes like this and think they will never achieve this level of realism, however, as you will see making a realistic scene like this is nothing more than a few steps and the layering of scenery which eventually builds up into a great looking diorama.\rbr\rbrTake your model railroad, war gaming terrain or dioramas for displaying your favorite models to the next level. This video demonstrates a small diorama built in HO scale and will show you some new innovative techniques for making your model railroad scenery look real. Real enough to make someone look twice at a photo you took!\rbr\rbrProducts and materials:\rbr\rbrFoam Base – \rbr\rbrKnauf insulation XPS multi use foam board 30mm (Bunnings Warehouse)\rbr\rbrCork – \rbr\rbrAMRI 1-0401 HO Cork Underlay 3mm thickness (Orient Express Models)\rbr\rbrGlue – \rbr\rbrGorilla Glue for foam (Masters Home Improvement)\rbrTitebond II Wood Glue (Masters Home Improvement)\rbrMod Podge Matte (Spotlight)\rbr\rbrSculptamold – \rbr\rbrAMACO Sculptamold modelling compound (Adelaide Moulding & Casting supplies)\rbr\rbrPlaster of Paris – \rbr\rbrUni-Pro Plaster of Paris (Bunnings Warehouse)\rbr\rbrRock Molds – \rbr\rbrWoodland Scenics Outcroppings Mold (Orient Express Models)\rbr\rbrPaints & Dye – \rbr\rbrBlack Acrylic Paint\rbrBurnt Sienna Acrylic Paint\rbrRaw Umber Acrylic Paint\rbrRed Acrylic Paint\rbrMetallic Silver Acrylic Paint\rbrWhite Acrylic Paint \rbrDiorama base coat – Jo Sonjas “Vellum”\rbrIndia ink\rbrCitadel “Technical Paint” – Agrellan Earth (Military Hobbies Adelaide)\rbr\rbrDirt – \rbr\rbrCollected from the great outdoors, nothing specific just regular dirt found near a river and sifted down into different grades, the finest of which was sifted through a stocking. 3 grades in total. Only fine and medium grades were used.\rbr\rbrGrout – \rbr\rbrDavco Sanitized Colorgrout Sandalwood (Bunnings Warehouse)\rbr\rbrWetting Agents - \rbr\rbrWet Water, 1 dish detergent mixed in water\rbrIsopropyl Alcohol 99 (Adelaide Moulding & Casting Supplies)\rbr\rbrGrasses - \rbr\rbrMiniNatur – Late Autumn 6mm (Orient Express Models)\rbrMiniNatur – Early Autumn 2mm (Orient Express Models)\rbrNoch – Wildgras 6mm (Hobbyco Sydney)\rbr\rbrGround Foam - \rbr\rbrWoodland Scenics Fine Turf Burnt Grass, Earth & Earth Blend\rbrWoodland Scenics Course Turf Dark Green\rbrWoodland Scenics Fine Ballast Buff\rbrWoodland Scenics Clump Foliage Medium Green\rbr\rbrTrees - \rbr\rbrWoodland Scenics Fine Leaf Foliage, Olive Green & Medium Green\rbrNoch Leaves Mid Green (Hobbyco Sydney)\rbrDIY trees, made with natural plant stems and WS Course Turf\rbrDead Leaves, natural materials using real dried up dead leaves\rbr\rbrRoad Markers – \rbr\rbr1.