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Static Grass Applicator


devondynosoar118

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I had time for some photography, but ended up with a mixed bag of subjects, so I split this into two posts, one from the layout and another from the real railway.

 

The “Noch off†static grass applicator. Total cost less than £10. Made from an electric fly swat, an icing sugar shaker, with removable screen. Also shown is the fine nozzle made from a cut down plastic kitchen funnel and some mesh.

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Some of the effects produced using a mix of 2mm and 4mm fibres.

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  • RMweb Gold

Well done - you have achieved some nice detail and colouring. I think at this scale it is harder to make the fibres look convincing and keep within scale but it looks like you have pulled it off.

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Thank you- That was one of my worries too. 4mm fibres represent 2ft high grass in N so must be used with care. A lot of the ground cover was done with ground foam mixes to give a more scale length, particularly in grazed areas. I wish my applicator had just a bit more oomph for the thicker fibres, otherwise I have been pleasantly surprised by the results.

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  • RMweb Premium

That looks good to me. To up the power there is a capacitor (from memory) that can be removed. depending on the time of year that you set the layout 2ft grass might be far from uncommon. During early to mid summer ungrazed and unmown grass can reach more than 3ft in height. (At times you can see this from the A38 near Marley Head).

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