class"66" Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 (edited) In the past ive found it realy hard to find the right scenic for making flowers for plant pots,flower beds ect. Theres few good companys at Warley exhibition who make these scenic at ££ price. This may have been covered on here before,but Ive stated making my own flowers for embankments,alotments and gardens, from grated childrens "crayons". And this works atreat. Step one is to freeze your coloured crayons. Step two use an old wood file or cheese grater. Step three you have your fine crayon powders ready for your scenery... Edited March 8, 2016 by class"66" 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted December 13, 2014 Author Share Posted December 13, 2014 Ive started making some little plant pots..... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted December 13, 2014 Author Share Posted December 13, 2014 Few plant pots on my country pub... 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Every now and then someone reinvents the wheel and very few come up with something original and as ingenious as this. Absolutely brilliant. Now where's those crayons... Cheers. Allan 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted December 14, 2014 Author Share Posted December 14, 2014 Thanks Allan,glad you like it bud... cheers neil.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 (edited) ..... Now, where to buy 7mm scale crayons........ :-) Edited December 14, 2014 by Giles Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted December 14, 2014 Author Share Posted December 14, 2014 Now your talking "big" crayons Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted December 15, 2014 Author Share Posted December 15, 2014 Wil post more pictures later on... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PjKing1 Posted December 15, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 15, 2014 Great idea Neil, I was going to try coloured make-up, but think I'll give this a whirl as well Great thread!! Paul 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted December 15, 2014 Author Share Posted December 15, 2014 Colour make-up powders would be "very" interesting :paint:worth giving try at some point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted December 16, 2014 Author Share Posted December 16, 2014 Flowers in plant pots,and also wild flowers trackside.. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted December 16, 2014 Author Share Posted December 16, 2014 Here are my flowers,and flower pots so far. Im realy pleased how these have turned out... 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted December 18, 2014 Author Share Posted December 18, 2014 More to follow soon... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted December 18, 2014 Author Share Posted December 18, 2014 Ive been making "static grass" carpet like strips... Using the fine (Hornby) light green and yellow burnt grasses. 1 paint pva "watered glue" to plastic A4 card. 2,using static grass machines,grass over the wet glue area. 3,allow to dry for few hours. 4,use spray mount glue,over top of static grass,then sprinkle your flower base over. 5,once dry,the static grass wil peel off in strips from the A4 plastic card... 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PjKing1 Posted December 18, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 18, 2014 Great work there Neil Cheers, Paul 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted December 19, 2014 Author Share Posted December 19, 2014 Cheers Paul!! Ive got static grass machine,if your ever want to borrow it buddy... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted December 19, 2014 Author Share Posted December 19, 2014 Totally agree with you Mickey :paint:realy brings the "scenery" to life more Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted December 19, 2014 Author Share Posted December 19, 2014 Here im just sprinkling patches or (red) over pva glue. To make wild trackside flowers... 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted December 22, 2014 Author Share Posted December 22, 2014 Ive made some thick lengths of dark green "static grass" then added some yellow and white crayon mixture over the top of the grass... 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Cheers Paul!! Ive got static grass machine,if your ever want to borrow it buddy... I've got one you and I'll pay you to take it away ! It's a Noch Grassmaster and the bloody thing never did make grass stand up so I hit it with a hammer ! Cheers. Allan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted December 22, 2014 Author Share Posted December 22, 2014 Yer our club had one of those Allan,was crap to use,even with new battery it stil wouldn't give you "electric shock" 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted December 22, 2014 Author Share Posted December 22, 2014 Im using the "green scenes" static grass machine... Im very impressed with it!! Price though wasn't cheap few years back... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 23, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 23, 2014 Im using the "green scenes" static grass machine... Im very impressed with it!! Price though wasn't cheap few years back... We produced our own in the clubroom, dozens of them and made a tidy profit selling off the surplus. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PjKing1 Posted December 23, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 23, 2014 Cheers Paul!! Ive got static grass machine,if your ever want to borrow it buddy... Love the flowers Neil, only just seen this post to, cheers mate but I've got my homemade extendable one seems to work up to now Looking forward to more. Cheers, Paul 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 Im also using (rail match) yellow and white paint for some of my flowers along the tracksides... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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