Create an effective setting for your scale models with diorama bases, landscape mats and scenic surfaces. This collection brings together grass, desert, rocky terrain, roads, paving, ballast and other ready-made materials for building model displays, rail layouts and wargaming environments.
Diorama Bases for Scale Model Displays
A well-chosen model base places your finished subject in context and gives the display a clear visual foundation. Choose from scenic surfaces representing fields, roads, deserts, rocky ground and paved areas, with options suitable for compact compositions and larger layouts.
Landscape mats are available in formats including 1200 x 300mm and 1200 x 600mm, providing useful coverage for larger scenes. Smaller grass mats measuring 18 x 28cm offer a convenient starting point for focused displays. Selecting a base size that complements the model helps create a balanced composition with room for surrounding scenic detail.
Grass, Steppe and Landscape Mats
Build natural-looking ground with landscape and grass mats in a variety of seasonal and terrain styles. The range includes spring steppe, late-summer steppe, stony ground and cut meadow designs, alongside Javis landscape mats in several colours and sizes.
These surfaces can provide the main foundation for a model diorama or form part of a larger scene alongside additional terrain materials. Extra-fine ballast underlay, granite underlay and cork sheet add further options when shaping and preparing scenic areas.
Roads, Tarmac and Paved Surfaces
For developed environments, explore Javis roadway, tarmac ballast mat and sand ditch products, plus Tamiya diorama material sheets representing stone paving. These defined surfaces help establish routes and structured areas within a display, offering a useful contrast to grass, sand and rocky terrain.
Desert, Rocky Terrain and Battle Mats
Create arid settings with desert wargaming mats and Model Scene terrain representing North African and Middle Eastern rocky landscapes. Field-zone battle mats provide another option for broader gaming and display areas, while smaller terrain pieces can be used as the focus of a compact model scene.
Explore Scenic Materials from Specialist Brands
Browse scenic mats and bases from represented brands including Model Scene, Javis and Ammo. Each range provides different approaches to terrain, helping you choose surfaces that suit the scale, footprint and setting of your project.
For more products to develop the surrounding ground and finish your scene, explore our wider collection of weathering and diorama materials. Choose a scenic base or mat and give your scale model a setting that enhances the finished display.