material (previous) that can be shaped and reshaped to form
any type of terrain. Named Shaper Sheet™, the new material
requires no supporting understructure. Shaper Sheet bonds with
plaster to lock-in the shape and create a hardshell surface (above
right). It will be available in 6’ rolls 9” and 18” wide.
Another new product coming fromWoodland Scenics is Ready
Rocks™. These are precast, prepainted, plaster rock castings.
The assortment includes seven types of rocks. One group of
rocks, called Shelf Rock™, are cast in such a way that they can fit
together in one contiguous wall or be set individually.
Also coming soon are Road Striping Pens and a flexible mark-
ing guide called Flexi Edge™. Used together, a hobbyist can
create realistic road markings in any scale. The pens will be
available in yellow and white. A line remover is also avail-
able. Visit the above website for additional information.
O SCALE PRODUCT NEWS
Atlas O
) will release four 60’ passenger cars dur-
ing the third quarter of 2014. Based on C&NW prototypes, the
group includes a coach and a combine with four-wheel trucks,
and an RPO and a baggage car with six-wheel trucks. In addi-
tion to the Milwaukee Road scheme shown on the RPO car, road
names will be CNJ/NJDOT, Burlington, Chesapeake & Ohio, and
New York Central. Models ready for three-rail operation will have
an MSRP of $99.95 each. Two-rail versions will list at $104.95.
