Ground foam, incidentally, is the stuff you buy at hobby stores or online that simulates grass. Older model railroaders used to use sawdust stained with different colors for this use.
Ground Foam Synthetic rubber ground and dyed to resemble ground cover.
Hardshell Making scenery, like mountains and hills, using plaster dipped paper towels. Laid over a light frame.
Ground foam
Synthetic foam rubber ground up and dyed for use as a texture element in scenery.
Ground throw ...
What is ground foam? It's just what it sounds like: ground up pieces of foam dyed to represent grass, weeds, soil, shrubbery, and tree foliage. Woodland Scenics and AMSI are leaders in the field, but other manufacturers offer similar products.
Ballast, coal, grass (ground foam) and a variety of other detailing materials are available from commercial sources. Lichen is a type of moss which looks remarkably like miniature bushes.
The scenery base is covered with ground cover, which may be made from ground foam, colored sawdust, natural lichen, or commercial scatter materials for grass and shrubbery.
Grass on large scale railways is often made from "ground foam" - it is foam vinyl that is ground up into fine, medium, or coarse texture. It's also called "turf". It comes in many shades and colours and variety is the spice of live grass.
Pick a spectrum of greens that reflect the colors of the ground foam products that you have already purchased at your favorite hobby shop.
Pick colors appropriate for your railroad.
Research photos are the best source ...
It is best to paint your base material an earthy color in case you miss (intentional or not) any areas later with ground foam and the 'earth' shows through.
I used four different shades of Woodland Scenics green ground foam for foliage. The background trees are made from polyfiber covered in the same ground foam. In back of the scene is a painted background of rolling Pennsylvania hillsides.
Foam is also used in scenery products. They call it ground foam for a reason. Most people will recognize the green grass colored foam. It also comes in other colors, such as browns, & yellows.
Plaster ...
Trees can be made from bits of Woodland Scenics ground foam, and inserted individually.
What I do is add ground foam vines held in place with full strength white glue. Apply the glue along the corner seam starting at the top, working your way down to the bottom.
First prepare the surface by painting and covering with a ground foam, such as fake grass and earth." Make sure to pain in your roads. Then lay your track, wire it ,and add buildings and other scenery.
There is a printed background that has the effect of sky, clouds, and terrain in a non-repeating pattern. Various textures and colors of Woodland Scenics Ground Foam are used for ground cover and terrain.
 See also: Scenery, Track, Layout, Cut, Scale
  
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