Jaakko's Blog

Cambrian Campers, top stuff! The last picture reminds me of the camp site at Aberdovey, not far from the station by the sand dunes. I was reading recently about the GWR camping coaches which also looked like something interesting to model.

 

I'm yet to tackle scenery but I like the look of the grass mat - do you apply any other colouring or is it as is? This is looking better with each post Jaakko, thanks for the updates.

The grass looks a little too long for a caravan site to be honest (sorry!), most keep the grass pretty short, and I'm sure that would have been the case in the period that you're modelling.

It might be an idea to have a few caravan sized patches of light, discoloured grass where a caravan has sat for a week.

Also, caravanners are mostly neat freaks and tend to park in nice orderly rows.

 

Paul, who prefers a Tentipi and thinks that sleeping in aluminium boxes is a bit weird...

Good stuff! I agree with Paul about the length of the grass. And maybe the grass needs a bit of weathering too?

 

Will there be a guy with bare chest, canned beer and Weber grill? :-)

Oh wait. No Weber grills back then :-)

You are absolutely right Paul (Halfwit)! I also realised that the grass is a little bit too long when I took the last picture. The long grass fibres tend to lift up the caravan trailers above the ground surface

You could even add a young Geoff Plumb to the scene!

 I like the look of the grass mat - do you apply any other colouring or is it as is?

 

So far I have not made any weathering for the grass. Heki makes a lot of different grass mat products but Heki wild grass is one of my favourite grasses to use. Moreover, Heki

 This is looking better with each post Jaakko, thanks for the updates.

 

Ooops, you lift the bar on my blogs. What am I going to do in the next time?

Brilliant work Jaakko.

 

I will certainly use your method for grass on Horrabridge, looks stunning.