I have been collecting all sorts of MR videos from MRH, YouTube, MR magazine for quite some time. I also bought Joe Fugate's downloadable scenery videos when he had them for $10 or so for entire scenery set. However, I never got to watch any until few months ago we bought iPad. I have been catching up since then while waiting for oil change to be done or at doctor's office. Today I had couple of hours while my son and his friends watched a movie at a theater. I had just enough time to finish watching entire Joe's set.
Joe covers a lot in these two DVDs. Making landforms, creek, grass, static grass applicator, trees, bushes, carving rocks, etc. Also, building a trestle and a tunnel portal which I don't care much about at his point. However, that may become handy if I decide to build my own model railroad. I was aware of some methods and techniques presented in the videos but seeing them actually used was something different. For example, making bottle brush trees. I have tried making them in the past by reading and looking at the pictures and I have failed miserably. Now I am sure I really now how to do it properly. There is as well a number of techniques presented that I didn't known about before. Also, videos include section on rock carving. This is the third one I have seen. One is by Doug Foscale, second by Bob Van Gelder. All three are quite different in technique and materials used.
What is different about this series from other videos I have seen is that Joe shows how to make scenery at lower cost but at the same achieve the same level realism as using more expensive products and materials. I love inexpensive.
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