The downside of Hydrocal is that it does not carve or take stains/washes very well. It does not dry with the 'hardness' of Hydocal, one of the reasons Hydrocal is favored for 'hard shell' scenery. Plaster of Paris is 'softer', and can be carved.
Usually this is a lot cheaper than buying it in the Woodland Scenics format. Many good LHS's will buy the bulk bags and re-package it themselves into smaller bags. Hydrocal comes in several versions(Hydrocal/Ultracal/etc.). They just re-package the same materials you can buy elseware in bulk. Woodland Scenics materials are easy to buy, but very expenssive. what about just some dirt from outside? a rock and gravel company maybe? bulk sand? it seems I go to the hobby shop.buy a crap load of stuff.and in about 2 hours im out of supplies! is this normal? hahha How about ballast? again about $4 for a bag of woodland scenics ballast. I have been using the woodland scenics rolls of plaster cloth and styrofoam and s going well.9 bucks for a roll.can I do it cheaper? can I get this stuff in bulk? well my wad of cash is gone so im now ready to do things the cheapest way. I have already commited about $2500 on wood for this train set, 2 loomotives, some cars, construction insulating foam, paints, paint brushes track, power supplies heheh.why am I telling you all this, you all know how it works. Is that about right? I am really looking to spend less. I wanted to know what is the difference? What is the difference with Plaste of paris? a 10 pound box of this hydrocal was I think 10 bucks.so 1 dollar a pound. but I dont think they are woodland scenics.but it seems to work fine. I have read about the WS lightweight Hydrocal.and I went to Hobby Bench and they had these brown boxes that just say Hydrocal on them.
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