Coming back to this one, I reckon I can use this - cheers. Interestingly, I know you preferred the yellow, but the orange seemed to give a colour that reminds me of a lot of the scrubby grass areas here in northwest England. Not sure if it was the lighting. Anyway, nice tip 👍
Once the green paint has been allowed to dry, try a gentle brushing with your tooth brush to separate the clumpiest fibres. Great video, I've tried to Google the cloths without success, however, the finish on them is similar to "teddy bear" fur available from dress making and sewing supply shops here in the UK.
Looks great. In late 80's We had a large family in Canberra. COLD place & used the drier every day. That creates a lot of drier lint! Bags of the stuff. I used that on my hills & roadsides. Painted with acrylic paint from the news agent. Very effective. And free. $$
Hi Eric, thank you for sharing your brilliant method for creating foliage. Interestingly, our drier shares the garage with the SR layout and it does get some use in the winter months. I might just give your method a go.
Thanks John for your feedback. I often find myself trying to find alternative ways of doing things, particularly with materials at hand that also can be more cost effective.
Very nice …. I never would nave thought about using dish cloths...I`ve just been using a thin quilting padding...it works good but I haven't been able to get the grass affects like this ..Went down to the harbor fright store pick up an elec swatter for about 3 dollars an pick up an smaller sized sifter for about $3 also to make my own applcator for the static grass
I reckon you’ve achieved excellent results with that method. I did wonder while watching whether the cloths should have been pre coloured with a clothing dye to form a base colour but it looks like it would be an unnecessary process. Great stuff. Paul
Thanks Paul. I have used green synthetic dye in some areas of the hillside grass and it does give another colour effect. As you mentioned, the dye works well as a base colour which I have then applied the usual paint process over the top.
Another brilliant idea well done. I have never seen that type of dish cloth in the UK but will look out for it next time I do the shopping. Have you tried ripping up those green scotch scourers? Pull out lumps at a time, fluff them up and they can make a decent hedge, and using your toothbrush and paint idea would make them much better :-)
Great video Julian...must check out the supermarket here in Auckland for some Chux dish cloths! I have seen some videos from overseas where they take a sharp knife to the styrofoam and create some excellent rock faces , even taking sandpaper and a rasp to it, to create a real sense of natural roughness, to great effect, especially when painted a range of browns and grey shade.
Quite effective, especially for the price. Anecdote: when I was in school we had to create some sort of 'artefact' or model for history class and this one guy made a cardboard castle and used Scotch-Brite scourer pads to suggest grass; nothing to realistic, just glued down, but maybe something like that could be adapted in a similar manner to depict some sort of greenery...
Thanks for your feedback. That is a drawback to using found/alternate materials. Another example I've come across is the ground pumice I use for ballast - it not readily available elsewhere.
I can't decide what I'd prefer, a static grass applicator or men's cologne (what my wife gave me last Christmas). Curiously my wife has never given me anything model railway related (except for a Thomas the Tank Engine dinner plate), and I'm guessing it might be like buying a present for my mistress. The Peco applicators sell for $160 (£80) at my local model shop, hence why I made my own.
Station Road Model Railway hi mate my peco grass applicator was £49 from a model shop in england so I have beem told we known longer have a model shops in Belfast now they closed 3 and 2 years a go we do have hobbycraft at the abbeycenter shopping centre but it does not cater for model railways I buy most of my railway materials from hattons of Liverpool hobbycraft do have model tools and humbrol paints but the railway paints have to come from England known one in N.lreland sales them here now I use railmatch and lifecolor for my rolling stock clive
Hi Clive, that's interesting. It confirms my suspicions that my local model shop is over-pricing items. Recently I have been purchasing stuff from Rails of Sheffield (UK) because even with international freight, it's cheaper than buying locally in NZ.
Station Road Model Railway hi mate i have just been whiching the new series of Doctor who on BBC 1 mate yes rails of Sheffield is a shop I have got stuff from to they are ever good to mate i got my transfers from Fox transfers or railtec transfers I find some model shops on the expensive side even in the UK goodbye for now Clive
A driver on the loco would look even better but even so looks good so when you put your kit built loco or any other pice of rolling stock on to take a few photos on would look great
Interestingly I have tried PVA on this particular foam and it takes forever to dry and doesn't hold very well. I think the dense foam almost makes the join air-tight and thus doesn't allow the PVA to dry quickly.
Although I do mention price in the video, the main objective in the video is how to create a relatively effective grass result using materials that don't require a visit to your local model shop. Everything used is either from the supermarket or hardware store.
The styrene foam sheets I used to buy from Bunnings but I actually learnt yesterday they are no longer stocking the product line. If you're lucky, your local Bunnings might still have some in stock (which they're selling at a reduced price). It's called Knauf ClimaFoam® Extruded Polystyrene (XPS) Insulation and comes in different thicknesses and sheet sizes.
And who says modelling has to to be expensive...I have the fly swat and the siv I’m yet to put them together though but when I do magic will happen or I’ll taze my self
Yep, the old fly swat and sieve is a perfectly acceptable method of static grass application, and there's plenty of videos on CZcams that show how to make one.
What an inexpensive way of creating a scene
Lovely looking diorama
Great idea & demonstration! 😌💜
Great video, interesting technique for grass!
Awesome method Julian!
Great idea...
Guess what just went on the shopping list 😉
What a fantastic idea
Looks brilliant
If only I'd seen this video before putting in my own hillside! Thanks for this and all your others which I'm slowly working my way through.
What an ingenious way of doing it. It really does suit the rough, battered, unkempt and windswept scene, nice one well done
Coming back to this one, I reckon I can use this - cheers. Interestingly, I know you preferred the yellow, but the orange seemed to give a colour that reminds me of a lot of the scrubby grass areas here in northwest England. Not sure if it was the lighting. Anyway, nice tip 👍
Once the green paint has been allowed to dry, try a gentle brushing with your tooth brush to separate the clumpiest fibres.
Great video, I've tried to Google the cloths without success, however, the finish on them is similar to "teddy bear" fur available from dress making and sewing supply shops here in the UK.
Fantastic stuff! It is good to see some alternative approaches to the way that it seems "we are supposed to do it"
Looks great. In late 80's We had a large family in Canberra. COLD place & used the drier every day. That creates a lot of drier lint! Bags of the stuff. I used that on my hills & roadsides. Painted with acrylic paint from the news agent. Very effective. And free. $$
Hi Eric, thank you for sharing your brilliant method for creating foliage. Interestingly, our drier shares the garage with the SR layout and it does get some use in the winter months. I might just give your method a go.
Great to see a kiwi No8 wire solution to a problem - well done
There'll most likely be more No8 moments at Station Road, as I'm always looking for alternative ways of doing things.
very cool. i'm so happy to have learned about another grass option which is simple and affordable. many thanks!
Many thanks for your kind words, greatly appreciated.
Why the heck not?? As long as it's sanitary, I'll put anything on my railroad if it looks right! Great job!
That's the fun I find in railway modelling is what can I appropriate for the layout. And of course the cloths are fresh out of the pack.
Great idea. It looks really good.
Thanks John for your feedback. I often find myself trying to find alternative ways of doing things, particularly with materials at hand that also can be more cost effective.
Brilliant! I'm on my way to Bunnings!. I also live in Christchurch and am building (slowly) a GWR layout.
Brilliant! Thank you.
Looks great. Good video.
Great idea , will give it a go . Cheers......Peter
Very nice …. I never would nave thought about using dish cloths...I`ve just been using a thin quilting padding...it works good but I haven't been able to get the grass affects like this ..Went down to the harbor fright store pick up an elec swatter for about 3 dollars an pick up an smaller sized sifter for about $3 also to make my own applcator for the static grass
Great video. Just hope I can get those dish cloths in the UK.
Great idea well done
I reckon you’ve achieved excellent results with that method. I did wonder while watching whether the cloths should have been pre coloured with a clothing dye to form a base colour but it looks like it would be an unnecessary process. Great stuff. Paul
Thanks Paul. I have used green synthetic dye in some areas of the hillside grass and it does give another colour effect. As you mentioned, the dye works well as a base colour which I have then applied the usual paint process over the top.
Another brilliant idea well done. I have never seen that type of dish cloth in the UK but will look out for it next time I do the shopping. Have you tried ripping up those green scotch scourers? Pull out lumps at a time, fluff them up and they can make a decent hedge, and using your toothbrush and paint idea would make them much better :-)
Cool. Good video. The telemarketer i had on the phone enjoyed it too i believe, they.thought we were deep in conversation. :)
Brilliant, I never imagined my videos would have other uses.
Great video Julian...must check out the supermarket here in Auckland for some Chux dish cloths! I have seen some videos from overseas where they take a sharp knife to the styrofoam and create some excellent rock faces , even taking sandpaper and a rasp to it, to create a real sense of natural roughness, to great effect, especially when painted a range of browns and grey shade.
Thank you Stephen for your kind words. The dish cloths vary between supermarkets, different brands, and the orange cloths I found at Bunnings.
Great method 👍
Quite effective, especially for the price.
Anecdote: when I was in school we had to create some sort of 'artefact' or model for history class and this one guy made a cardboard castle and used Scotch-Brite scourer pads to suggest grass; nothing to realistic, just glued down, but maybe something like that could be adapted in a similar manner to depict some sort of greenery...
Ah yes, the Scotch-Brite scouring pads, cut into strips, these make a good base for hedges then topped with scatter material.
Very nice. The only problem is whether I can get this cloth in Sri Lanka. I will give it a go. Thanks
Thanks for your feedback. That is a drawback to using found/alternate materials. Another example I've come across is the ground pumice I use for ballast - it not readily available elsewhere.
Hi mate great job I have the peco static grass applicator it does a great job to I got a year a go for Christmas from my wife clive
I can't decide what I'd prefer, a static grass applicator or men's cologne (what my wife gave me last Christmas). Curiously my wife has never given me anything model railway related (except for a Thomas the Tank Engine dinner plate), and I'm guessing it might be like buying a present for my mistress. The Peco applicators sell for $160 (£80) at my local model shop, hence why I made my own.
Station Road Model Railway hi mate my peco grass applicator was £49 from a model shop in england so I have beem told we known longer have a model shops in Belfast now they closed 3 and 2 years a go we do have hobbycraft at the abbeycenter shopping centre but it does not cater for model railways I buy most of my railway materials from hattons of Liverpool hobbycraft do have model tools and humbrol paints but the railway paints have to come from England known one in N.lreland sales them here now I use railmatch and lifecolor for my rolling stock clive
Hi Clive, that's interesting. It confirms my suspicions that my local model shop is over-pricing items. Recently I have been purchasing stuff from Rails of Sheffield (UK) because even with international freight, it's cheaper than buying locally in NZ.
Station Road Model Railway hi mate i have just been whiching the new series of Doctor who on BBC 1 mate yes rails of Sheffield is a shop I have got stuff from to they are ever good to mate i got my transfers from Fox transfers or railtec transfers I find some model shops on the expensive side even in the UK goodbye for now Clive
A driver on the loco would look even better but even so looks good so when you put your kit built loco or any other pice of rolling stock on to take a few photos on would look great
You could have used your pva for gluing the polystyrene board, it's very successful and it dries very quickly, great tutorial
Interestingly I have tried PVA on this particular foam and it takes forever to dry and doesn't hold very well. I think the dense foam almost makes the join air-tight and thus doesn't allow the PVA to dry quickly.
Can I please ask what store you get your foam from? I'm also in CHCH and can't find it anywhere.
Although I do mention price in the video, the main objective in the video is how to create a relatively effective grass result using materials that don't require a visit to your local model shop. Everything used is either from the supermarket or hardware store.
Your wife is looking for her dishcloths! Great video! 😁
As luck (or foresight) would have it, I purchased my own cloths. It's the sieve on the static grass applicator she doesn't know about.
Station Road Model Railway
I won’t tell her!
Just a question from a Kiwi starting a layout... where do you get your styrene from that will not break the bank.
The styrene foam sheets I used to buy from Bunnings but I actually learnt yesterday they are no longer stocking the product line. If you're lucky, your local Bunnings might still have some in stock (which they're selling at a reduced price). It's called Knauf ClimaFoam® Extruded Polystyrene (XPS) Insulation and comes in different thicknesses and sheet sizes.
@@StationRoadModelRailway thanks mate, will take a look at miter10 then if Bunnings used to carry it.
Hi. Which hardware outlet in ChCh did you get the polystyrene? Cheers.
It’s available at Bunnings, I’m guessing NZ wide and possibly also Bunnings in Australia.
Station Road Model Railway brilliant, thank you; am based in AKL. Cheers.
And who says modelling has to to be expensive...I have the fly swat and the siv I’m yet to put them together though but when I do magic will happen or I’ll taze my self
Yep, the old fly swat and sieve is a perfectly acceptable method of static grass application, and there's plenty of videos on CZcams that show how to make one.