My father is a brilliant man, who loves history and passed that love on to me. Our favorite time period is (you know you are a history buff if you know what I am talking about) World War II and it appears Two has caught the bug.

Another love of my father’s is model trains. He remembers his stepfather working on them, but never built any with him. So when my parents were building theirs and Two was totally enthralled Dad decided to take the time and some extras to help Two with his sans train.

So we took the computer table that the sellers had left for us and cut a piece of ply wood, also left for us, to fit the top. Then dad took the 2 inch pink foam and cut it to fit that as well. Here dad sculpts a river out of the middle and glues the pieces down. He used additional pieces to build and sculpt hills. 

Next put tape down for the river and use tan paint to do the ground. Don’t forget to layout the road and where the buildings are going to go. 

There are all sorts of cool tools for models like sand and tree kits. 

Once the first coat of paint and plaster (for sculpting the rocks) is dry you can remove the tape and paint the river–we used left over blue from my bedroom and black. Then at wonderful model farm, or battle ground or both.