Hi Bill: I've actually been giving this some thought myself. I think you' be into a ton of masking if you tried to keep static grass off your ties. I'm thinking when I get around to giving it a try, I'll pluck bits of pot toppers and use a sticky craft glue to plant them between the ties. Most modelers who try building grassy track, glue their grass on top of the ballast, but I will try gluing the grass down first and then sprinkling fine dirt down and around the grass and between the ties. The devil will be in cleaning the ballast from the tie tops ahead of gluing it. With the grass in place, I won't be able to level the ballast by running a brush or finger across the ties. I'll probably have to use a fine artist's brush on each tie. It could be very tedious but worth trying on a short stretch. Like I say, this is all "imagineering" at this point but I like experimenting with scenery techniques.
Jim ________________________________ From: Pieter Roos <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, February 6, 2011 1:10:05 PM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} grassy trackage Hi Bill; This was discussed on the Proto-Layouts yahoo group a while back. Basically your choices are static grass or Silflor type material (Michael's Crafts "Pot Toppers" are a cheaper expedient to the pricey Silflor, but more work). Pieter E. Roos --- On Sun, 2/6/11, Bill Lane <[email protected]> wrote: > All, > > Has anyone ever made grassy overgrown trackage but with the > intention of > **running on it regularly?** (Sounds like this is a job for > grass man Brian > Jackson!) I also plan on trying to make at least part of my > yard as the > "black mucky can't see a tie" thing with just varying parts > of the rails > exposed. My number 1 idea for now is regular spackle. We > will see when the > time comes. > > Ideas and more importantly photos? > > > Thank You, > Bill Lane [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
