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Other Stuff => Workbench => Topic started by: Gangleri on September 29, 2020, 12:17:02 AM
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Hello,
Can anyone recommend a way to make ragweed or goldenrod in 28mm? In other words, how to make waist-high yellow-flowering plants?
(https://www.gardenia.net/storage/app/public/uploads/images/detail/shutterstock_701252101Optimized.jpg)
Alternatively, is there anyone who sells something like this in 28mm?
Thanks very much.
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Just from the top of my head. Green clump foliage sprinkled with yellow flock.
I made a mustard field from a green coconutfibre floormat sprinkled with yellow flock.
(https://i.imgur.com/zZdXvAU.jpg)
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Noch has these in 12mm high tufts so almost knee high on most models:
https://www.noch.com/en/product-categories/model-landscaping/grass-meadows-fields/grass-tufts-stripes/grasbuschel-xl-bluhend-gelb.html (https://www.noch.com/en/product-categories/model-landscaping/grass-meadows-fields/grass-tufts-stripes/grasbuschel-xl-bluhend-gelb.html)
For taller ragwort there are these and the company does have them with some yellow:
https://www.themodeltreeshop.co.uk/shrubs-type-c.html (https://www.themodeltreeshop.co.uk/shrubs-type-c.html)
I think that you would need to add more flowers for the effect and it is a bit of an expensive way to do it unless you can reverse engineer them.
I also found a railroad toot that might fit the bill with a little tweaking.
https://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/scenery/green_bushes/pf_bushes/ (https://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/scenery/green_bushes/pf_bushes/)
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Model railroad supplies have just about everything flora. I've used the Late Summer Goldenrod which is a little less flowery with the leaves turning yellow along the back of the Van Allan House here. I also re-flocked some of it with purple and cut the stems taller for the Joe Pye Weed by the far corner.
https://www.sceneryexpress.com/searchprods.asp
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Ziterdes nettle has the right profile; dusting the tops with fine yellow flock may work.
(https://www.ziterdes.de/media/catalog/product/9/0/9086scr_813a6b76eee593e_1_.jpg)
They also have ferns that have a similar profile: link (https://www.ziterdes.de/gelaendebau/miniaturpflanzen.html).
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Thanks to all for the recommendations! I will try some of the purchased ones but will use the coconut mat approach for some larger patches.
Much appreciated.
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You could make individual ones by using hoghair brush bristles and paint them up this way, but using greens and yellows:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dDZBfGbej4
And if you want to make a carpet of them, and horsehair isn’t available where you are, you could get this rubberized coconut fiber material:
https://www.onlinefabricstore.net/1-x-24-rubberized-hair-.htm
The rubberized material takes spray paint extremely well, and you can then flock as needed. I tease out the material and use it for mangrove treetops:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/9593487@N07/48238310051/in/album-72157709365896792/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/9593487@N07/48238311211/in/album-72157709365896792/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/9593487@N07/48271909511/in/album-72157709365896792/
Dan
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I think Cat’s suggestion is the best looking but as an alternative there is this http://www.greenstuffworld.com/en/scenery-and-resin/970-tall-shrubbery-brown-green.html (which you can also get on eBay) which comes in a variety of colours and you could easily add a bright yellow top with flock or paint to a suitable colour (maybe the white-green or light green option).
Good luck in your hunt,
BALM