Woodland ScenicsDiorama Kit, Mountain

This was a Christmas gift for my brother and also his most favorite gift. Did I mention he’s 27? He’s obsessed and wanted me to tell yall. Sorry I couldn’t get a picture.

Good assortment of scenery items.

Kit is great, however, it does NOT include the black base shown in the photo. My bad for not realizing this, as that was the part we needed. Wanted to make sure others didn't run into the same issue we did, assuming it was a full kit with the black base included, as that is NOT the case. We should have just ordered our own plaster & rock molds had we known this kit didn't have the base anyways.

These kits are really great places top start if you are interested in making terrain for wargaming or fantasy games using miniatures, railroad landscape &terrain or for dioramas. Each box is a "stand-alone" project, but I bought a number of these to get comfortable with concepts and to identify the materials I would need for larger scale terrain construction for wargaming. I built a practice river, to get the hang of it, then used the mountain-making kit to wrap my arms around building "shells" out of plaster cloth (mountains or hills), modeling rocks or outcroppings in those hills and adding water features (I now have a ten-foot mudular river in five 2' X 2' sections so I can change them around). I am not done, and have bought many of the products Woodland Scenics makes so I can keep making two-foot square modules to use on a "battlefield." I learned the techniques from the scene-a-rama kits. They teach you anything you need to use: Water features, hills, outcroppings, making & coloring rocks, detailing terrain with grasses or "flockings," trees and everything about them, bushes, undergrowth, vines and more.You will not stop with these kits unless you are doing a "one-off" school project. They are perfect for those, but it strikes me as such a pity to develop a skill and use it just once. I wish I had kids just to build stuff with regularly. If you do, my one parting piece of advice is to be aware that everything seems to have a drying time. From working with plaster cloth, to rock-making, to making rivers and ponds or painting under-coating, cementing grass in place or making trees, everything requires time to dry. If a child will be involved, line up three or four aspects of a project to take use of the full time dedicated to this. Actually, that's true if another adult is going to be involved in helping or working with you just for the joy of creation.I tried almost all of the kits Woodland Scenics makes and I recommend them all. They will teach you skills that will let you build a miniature world for toy soldiers, model trains or fantasy figures ... or any number of dioramas or school projects.Oh, I almost forgot. Their mountain dioramas can all be used to make volcanoes, for those looking to replicate that timeless school science project. Their website has instructions on how to build it and make it work.

I did buy additional trees ,animals and an additional pack so I could do the river etc …. However my son loved it as did I … more then enough to go around….

My forth time buying this kit. Im sure there are some who can knock this kit. There are pros and cons to everything. For the money this is a great starter kit. As a base for building a diorama, it can't be beat. As your building skill improves, the end results are limitless. Easy to use and versatile.Update; 12-31-23: Well my forth kit arrived missing parts. I contacted Amazon and for some reason their system will not allow them to act on fixing this issue. Each time I called, I am instructed to call back in a few days. No refund or replacement was provided.Update 01-02-04: Well, no results except more runaround from Amazon. Not only did this item arrived late, it was also missing pieces. Evidently the item was never scanned as received. But my Amazon phone app and the online site clearly show that he item was delivered. Every other time I ordered this item it arrived in an Amazon box. This one arrived unboxed and tape closed. Now I'm being told to wait another 48 to 72 hours to request support.

This project earned my son an top grade and although it is a lot it definitely requires creativity and got messy and I’m grateful for the opportunity. My son and I worked on it together as there were many steps. I recommend this kit. My only advice is get ready for messy work station so lay down a plastic table clothe

Just perfect! This was awesome for our back to school project. The online videos were a huge help. I will definitely buy from them again!