How to reproduce a wheat field harvested

[Barnaba]

I'd like to reproduce a wheat harvested field.
I've tried to use harvest grass from Woodland scenics, cutting the blades in very short bits and trying to glue it in lines, but the result was not very good.
Do you know any other good idea to reproduce a field like the following one?

[cfesmire]

Whew, this is a tough one Barnaba. I might think about shredding the material into very small bits, glue it down and then run something over it to compress it to make the rows. Inevitably, some of the pieces between the rows will stick up and the rows themselves will lay flat. For the bales, I would put a section of very fine steel wool in a drill and twist it into rolls then trim with scissors. I get itchy just thinking about hay.

[Barnaba]

Thanks for your suggestion. The roller idea looks nice.
Some days ago I tried to reproduce the field by putting over the ground some rows of vinyl glue and then spreading the shredded grass over it, but the result was non good.
In the next days I'll try your method and I'll let you know.
I forgot to reply about the bales. I'm not making the round ones but the older rectangular. Anyway I've planned to use a piece of wood of the right dimensions, paint it in wheat gold and then glue some of he small bits of harvested wheat on the surface.

[cfesmire]

Barnaba, if you have access to fine sawdust, it works very well on small blocks of wood for hay bales and if the wood is the right color, no painting is necessary. Just add some dark thread for baling wire.
In fact, the sawdust might be the answer to the field problem as well. I would use what would be found in the collector bags that are attached to the saw.

[skunk]

Due to the quality of Barnaba's models thus far, I originally believed that the picture posted above was of a diorama made by him. Oops.

[Barnaba]

skunk said:

Due to the quality of Barnaba's models thus far, I originally believed that the picture posted above was of a diorama made by him. Oops.

;D ;D I'd like to make a model so real, but I didn't succede in it yet!
Anyway I hope to get better thanks to your advices.
I'll also try sawdust!

The final result would be this scene for my Magirus 160D15:

[skunk]

I have no doubt in my mind that you will regale us with a very similar shot within the near future. Keep up the amazing work.

[Lee]

There are bases for fields made by companies like Busch
www.busch-model.com/english.htm
I haven't seen them so I don't know the quality.

[cfesmire]

Barnaba,
Maybe this site could help you:
www.geocities.com/bkempins/ASMMain/Corn.html

[Lee]

cfesmire said:

Barnaba,
Maybe this site could help you:
www.geocities.com/bkempins/ASMMain/Corn.html

This is selling photo etched sheets of corn stalks. No field.

[Lee]

I think more like this: www.busch-model.com/katalog/e/artikel/7214-h0.htm

Spray the mat with a deluted white glue. While the material is still wet, "drive" a tractor up and down the rows to make the material lay down. When dry paint with various color washes.

[Barnaba]

Provided that I'm not good at making landscapes, I've tried all the methods and I've had bad results. The best one was the "carpet"; I have not the Busch wheatfield recommended by lee, but I've tried with a green one, scraping the material to lay it down.

[Albert]

barnaba said:

I'd like to reproduce a wheat harvested field.
I've tried to use harvest grass from Woodland scenics, cutting the blades in very short bits and trying to glue it in lines, but the result was not very good.

This new set by Busch may help you:

www.modelglobe.de/Onlineshop/Bilder/24326.jpg

[cfesmire]

Funny, I recieved a message off list here from a fellow that was following this thread but didn't want to reply. He had an interesting solution to this wheat field issue. He recommended finding an inexpensive wig (like in a costume shop for Halloween) and cropping (no pun intended) the hair very close. It's then a simple matter of painting. Pretty cool eh?

[Barnaba]

Thanks to the suggestions I received, I've made the wheat field.
I used the Busch carpet and made furrows removing the blades with a screwdrive. Than I mowed the blades using a beardtrimmer and finally airbrushed with Humbrol enamels...here is the outcome:

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I'm sorry the pictures are not very good, but in the last days it was always cloudy and there was not enough light to make good photos. I'll make some better when the sky will clean up.