Barnaba
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Post by Barnaba on Dec 19, 2005 11:38:33 GMT 1
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?
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Post by cfesmire on Dec 20, 2005 1:02:01 GMT 1
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.
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Barnaba
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Post by Barnaba on Dec 20, 2005 23:57:27 GMT 1
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.
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Post by cfesmire on Dec 21, 2005 2:15:18 GMT 1
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.
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skunk
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Post by skunk on Dec 21, 2005 8:59:35 GMT 1
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.
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Barnaba
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Post by Barnaba on Dec 21, 2005 22:30:52 GMT 1
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:
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Post by skunk on Dec 22, 2005 4:39:37 GMT 1
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.
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Lee
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Post by Lee on Dec 22, 2005 5:43:40 GMT 1
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Post by cfesmire on Dec 22, 2005 14:23:33 GMT 1
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Lee
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Post by Lee on Dec 23, 2005 5:38:49 GMT 1
This is selling photo etched sheets of corn stalks. No field.
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Post by Lee on Dec 23, 2005 5:43:50 GMT 1
I think more like this: www.busch-model.com/katalog/e/artikel/7214-h0.htmSpray 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.
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Barnaba
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Post by Barnaba on Dec 24, 2005 23:12:44 GMT 1
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.
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Post by Albert on Jan 30, 2006 0:10:20 GMT 1
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
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Post by cfesmire on Jan 30, 2006 2:27:26 GMT 1
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?
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Barnaba
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Post by Barnaba on Feb 23, 2006 0:19:15 GMT 1
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