Noch 60803 Mini Starter Landscaping Kit | Scenery Sampler

A brilliant little starter kit for anyone dipping their toes into model scenery — or anyone who just needs a small amount of quality material for a compact scene. Includes a grass mat, scatter material, decorative lichen, and a natural cork rock piece. Works across H0, N, TT, Z, G and more.

Noch 60803 Mini Starter Landscaping Kit

If you've ever stood in a hobby shop staring at a wall of scatter bags and lichen pots, wondering where on earth to begin, this kit is Noch's answer to that exact problem. The 60803 Mini Starter Landscaping Kit bundles together four different types of scenery material in one affordable little package — and it's genuinely one of the better ways to get started with model landscaping without committing to a full shelf of supplies you may not need yet.

It's not a build your whole layout kit — the quantities are deliberately modest — but that's rather the point. Think of it as a sampler. You get a feel for how the grass mat handles, how the lichen can be teased apart for bushes and undergrowth, and how the natural cork breaks down into convincing rockwork. Once you've worked through these, you'll know exactly which Noch products you want to stock up on properly.

What's It Used For?

• Model railway layouts — adding a small landscaped section around a station building, signal box, or bridge abutment
• Dioramas and small scenic displays — where buying full-size bags of material would be unnecessary overkill
• Nativity and crib scenes — the lichen and cork are particularly well-suited to decorating the surroundings of a nativity display
• Tabletop wargaming terrain — useful for basing miniatures or adding ground detail to small terrain pieces
• School and creative projects — a neat, self-contained set that doesn't require a huge investment
• Testing new techniques — even experienced modellers find value in having small quantities for experimenting before committing to a larger scenic area

What's in the Box?

The kit contains a good spread of materials — enough variety to create a believable small scene with proper depth and texture:

• Mini Grass Mat "Meadow" (28 × 22 cm) — a neat, ready-to-use base layer that can be cut and shaped to fit almost any scene
• 2 bags of scatter material — medium green and brown (10g each), ideal for adding soil and fine foliage detail
• 3 bags of decorative lichen — dark green, yellow, and red (approx. 12g each), great for representing bushes, undergrowth, or tree canopy
• Natural cork rock piece — for simulating stone faces, cliff sections, or rocky ground

Scale Compatibility

One of the underrated strengths here is the multi-scale versatility. Because the materials are organic and natural-looking — real moss, natural cork, fine powder scatter — they're not locked to a single scale. The same lichen that looks convincing as a bush on an H0/OO layout works just as well as a tree canopy on an N-scale scene. Suitable for H0, TT, N, Z, G, H0m, and H0e scales.

Worth Knowing Before You Buy

One thing to be aware of: no adhesive is included. You'll need a scenery glue or grass glue to fix everything down properly. Noch's own Scenery Glue (61133) or Grass Glue (61130) are the obvious companions here — worth picking up at the same time if you don't already have something suitable in your kit.

The lichen, being a natural material, can become a little brittle over time if it's not sealed once in place — worth keeping in mind, though, it's a common characteristic across all natural lichen products rather than anything specific to Noch.

Product Details

• Manufacturer: Noch (Germany)
• Product Number: 60803
• Scale Compatibility: OO, H0, TT, N, Z, G, H0m, H0e (multi-scale)
• Grass Mat Dimensions: 28 cm × 22 cm (approx. 11" × 8.6")
• Scatter Material: 2 × 10g bags (Medium Green and Brown)
• Decorative Lichen: 3 × approx. 12g bags (Dark Green, Yellow, Red)
• Cork Rock Piece: 1 × natural cork piece included
• Adhesive Included: No — scenery or grass glue required separately
• Recommended Age: 14 years and above
• Suitable For: Model railways, dioramas, nativity scenes, wargaming terrain