Welcome to Smiggin's Folly

[DeeJay73]

Originally Posted by hobbyjumper

Thanks. Now that I look at these old photos, a crawler destiny must have been in the back of my subconscious.




By the way you made the right choice imho. :-)

Cool what you have done. Maybe you might want to start your own thread.


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[RunningWithBeers]

Originally Posted by pardonmyn00b

I built a mountain yesterday. This was a small scale test. I have much larger plans in mind...

Step 1. Build random structure from wood.


Step 2. Staple screen to the wood.


Step 3. Staple chicken wire over screen.


Step 4. Spread 1-2 inches of concrete over screen and chicken wire with a gloved hand.


Step 5. Let it set for a while then go over concrete with hand inside a plastic bag.


Step 6. Wait a few days before coloring.

Got a question for you on this with the "rock" skim coated like this how much weight can the concrete take? I'm debating trying to do this in a few places but could see the kids trying to walk on it so figured I'd check before hand.


Thanks
Jay

[Texas_Jester]

Just found this, this is incredible detail and love seeing it. Working on something similar in my backyard and love seeing what you have done here. Hope all is well and you are still active with it as I see it is an old post.

Cheers!

[justinart24]

Very inspiring build, thanks for sharing!

[Mr.Blazer]

Wow! On a while different level! I just went page by page start to finish! Amazing work!!!

[TK421]

This is unreal! Most excellent work, sir.

Lou

[icumpd]

Any more updates on this? The work is amazing!

[Fiveflat]

Wow, the folly looks like an awesome place to camp. Are there full hookups? Reservation list?

[RC DRVR]

getting all grown up!

[Levi]

I know its a old thread who cares. This is awesome and inspiring.might have to show the wife and do something similar one day. I told her I wanted to make a coarse in the back yard when we finish our yard. The scale town is sweet. +1 more for any updates lol.

[Undead Jeeper]

Originally Posted by Levi

I know its a old thread who cares. This is awesome and inspiring. might have to show the wife and do something similar one day. I told her I wanted to make a coarse in the back yard when we finish our yard. The scale town is sweet. +1 more for any updates lol.

Seconded. I just went through the whole thread. I knew about it previously but didn't know there was a
dedicated thread on it. I don't think it's possible to get tired of looking (hint, OP) at this crawler garden
either, and it's inspiring me to do something similar.

The overwhelming pluses of this "garden" is it's ....a garden and not some backyard eyesore made
with scrap pallet wood and 1:1 bricks, etc.
You have to look very closely to even notice that it's for scale RC models and not just a 1:1 landscape
feature. I know other people suggested more and more details (blue tarps, more junk, etc) but what
he already has is either wooden structures that weather nicely or manufactured things that are more
or less in earth tones (camper, derelict Model T). This keeps it "nice".

The other genius of this is it is not just some patch of lawn that had the grass scraped off of to
make trails with (making your own dirt road) but is easier to maintain because it uses various
sizes of gravel and stones for the ground layer. Dirt trails would quickly grow over with weeds...

However, I myself would like to add a mud area and a creek/river/lake/waterfall feature, perhaps
with some aquatic wildlife.