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This is the rural end of my layout. I started by painting the whole base a dirt brown color. In case there are any bits that show through it will look like dirt. So far I have done a farmhouse, barn, chicken coop, cow pasture, and a small shotgun style house.
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Here you can see my farmhouse and barn. They were both plastic models and molded in color, but I ended up painted both of them for realism. I used acrylic craft paint instead of plastic model paint. Mostly for cost, but also for easier water based cleanup and flat paint finish.
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Here is my shotgun house. It was tricky since it was a wood model. The realism and detail is really awesome but they are harder to build and paint. The dirt road and the dirt around the barn I did with different colors of fine ballast. I kind of mixed a few colors to get the road color. I also took one of my N scale vehicles and ran it through the "dirt road" to make some tire ruts.
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