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Offline Norm

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making orchards and walls
« on: 08 October 2014, 07:18:03 AM »
Making orchards and walls for 10mm (re-designing the orchards to be more functional by also being usable for roadside cover).

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http://battlefieldswarriors.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/orchard-and-wall-for-10mm.html

Offline Eric the Shed

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Re: making orchards and walls
« Reply #1 on: 08 October 2014, 10:01:36 AM »
looking good...

a good substitute for your walls are the cork spacers used in laminate flooring

http://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Cork-Expansion-Strips-600x13x7-5mm-18-Pack/p/620954

These come in long strips and are very flexible...

Hopefully the attached picture gives you an impression of the final result




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Re: making orchards and walls
« Reply #2 on: 08 October 2014, 01:30:07 PM »
I like those - does the cork form a 'core' like my cardboard or is the cork actually cut into to give it that stone effect?

Offline Eric the Shed

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Re: making orchards and walls
« Reply #3 on: 08 October 2014, 09:20:38 PM »
Just nibbled the top and then painted...no stones, ballast or sand required

Offline S44lade

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Re: making orchards and walls
« Reply #4 on: 08 October 2014, 11:02:12 PM »
very neat, effective and looks great on-table without having to spend hours on work to get it right - a winner all-round.

Are the crop fields doormat offcuts?

Offline fastolfrus

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Re: making orchards and walls
« Reply #5 on: 08 October 2014, 11:24:51 PM »
And those cork strips have been on sale in Poundland.

(Although none in our local store last week)
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Re: making orchards and walls
« Reply #6 on: 08 October 2014, 11:58:38 PM »
Are the crop fields doormat offcuts?

I would guess so.

A note on crops, though:

Whereas those mats are nice for modern crops, most cereal crops were much taller back then. I have seen drawings and paintings showing reapers in fields of wheat taller than a man.

Doormats are still better than nothing though, but I would really like to find some with longer brittles.  :)
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Offline Eric the Shed

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Re: making orchards and walls
« Reply #7 on: 09 October 2014, 08:57:30 AM »
They are indeed door mats...great for 10mm scale not so good for 28mm

 

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