T34/85 Tank in a village 1/35 Scale

[JR]

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John if you do end up removing it give this a try...its a Woodland Scenics product.....just have to bunch it together and glue it on. ...Your roof area is much larger than the one I did on a small vignette awhile back but it achieved the same purpose. Hope this helps

Hi Joe, that looks much more like it , I had found some brush hair , tried that and started again.So will give that a look on line.Thanks :thumb2::thumb2::thumb2:

Hair cut or not, lovely work comrade. Thinking of it a 7.5 HE shell will trim it nicely!!

There is no need to lob over one of those nasty surprises Mr StuG :smiling3: I shall remember this , however thank you for your kind words.

Plumbers hemp used to be the recommended material for modelling thatched roofs….don’t know if you can still get it

Seeing your post and then Andrews answer Tim answers both our questions .:thumb2:

You can....I got some for this very purpose for a project of Junior's....


John, do you want me to post a picture up of how I did it?

Yes please Andrew, I'd appreciate that .

Meanwhile at the bench .......



Having no suitable card around I used a section of old 5 mm foam board.



Now drying. Will look up both the plumbers hemp and the Woodland Scenics offering.

Onward comrades.

[scottie3158]

John,

Very nice work indeed mate, you are achieving a great result with the simplest materials.

[Steve Jones]

Cooool!

[JR]

John,

Very nice work indeed mate, you are achieving a great result with the simplest materials.

Thanks Paul, proving to be quite a problem to get it to look right, but we have a plan :smiling3:

Cooool!

You wouldn't have thought that earlier Steve, I was covered in PVA and brush hairs :smiling3::crying:

[Neil Merryweather]

HI John
this is looking absolutely stonkingly brilliant!
As for the woodland scenics stuff, I got 3 4-inch brushes full of the stuff off evil bay for about the same money when I did my waterloo cornfield

[adt70hk]

Hi John

As requested. Below are some pictures of Junior's take on an Anglo Saxon Grubenhaus. He did it in the 3rd year at Junior school (he was 10).

Whilst I provided some guidance - he was using a big Stanley knife for some of it - he did almost all the work and definitely had the final say on the design aspects!!

Cardboard roof for the base and then we glued the hemp down. We had to do it in a rush as we were running out of time and so we could have achieved a better effect.

We used PVA to glue it to the base and then layered it on from there. In hindsight, double sided sticky tape might have worked better for the base layer, as the glue took a while to stick, with additional layers then attached using PVA.

I think I still have quite a lot left, so can send you a handful if you want? Let me know.

And yes, it does bear a passing resemblance to Dougal from the Magic Roundabout!! :smiling5:

ATB.

Andrew

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[MAK2020]

Hi John

As promised. Below are some pictures of Junior's take on an Anglo Saxon Grubenhaus. He did it in the 3rd year at Junior school (he was 10).

Whilst I provided some guidance - he was using a big Stanley knife for some of it - he did almost all the work and definitely had the final say on the design aspects!!

Cardboard roof for the base and then we glued the hemp down. We had to do it in a rush as we were running out of time and so we could have achieved a better effect.

We used PVA to glue it to the base and then layered it on from there. In hindsight, double sided sticky tape might have worked better for the base layer, as the glue took a while to stick, with additional layers then attached using PVA.

I think I still have quite a lot left, so can send you a handful if you want? Let me know.

And yes, it does bear a passing resemblance to Dougal from the Magic Roundabout!! :smiling5:

ATB.

Andrew

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Angli i Sasi - Angles & Saxons. Look awsome. Like!

[JR]

HI John
this is looking absolutely stonkingly brilliant!
As for the woodland scenics stuff, I got 3 4-inch brushes full of the stuff off evil bay for about the same money when I did my waterloo cornfield

Hi Neil, I did have a look in my " reed " box and found a complete brush head ready to use. Trying to get it to look like a tightly packed thatch seems to be my problem. Earlier I had a try and ended up with " straw " all over the place, each time I tried to glue a layer down it went every where! . Also a ridge of dried glue will appear as you work up the roof , from the base .
In the end I've been trying out a section of blue foam dragged with a steel brush , will post photo later today .

[JR]

Hi John

As promised. Below are some pictures of Junior's take on an Anglo Saxon Grubenhaus. He did it in the 3rd year at Junior school (he was 10).

Whilst I provided some guidance - he was using a big Stanley knife for some of it - he did almost all the work and definitely had the final say on the design aspects!!

Cardboard roof for the base and then we glued the hemp down. We had to do it in a rush as we were running out of time and so we could have achieved a better effect.

We used PVA to glue it to the base and then layered it on from there. In hindsight, double sided sticky tape might have worked better for the base layer, as the glue took a while to stick, with additional layers then attached using PVA.

I think I still have quite a lot left, so can send you a handful if you want? Let me know.

And yes, it does bear a passing resemblance to Dougal from the Magic Roundabout!! :smiling5:

ATB.

Andrew

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That's impressive Andrew, well down Junior . Had more success than I'm having !

[Mini Me]

Keep your chin up JR......I have every confidence that you will find a solution to your present situation.........even if you have to drive a Kraut tank through it!!! :tongue-out3: :tongue-out2::tongue-out::thumb2:

[Neil Merryweather]

Hi Neil, I did have a look in my " reed " box and found a complete brush head ready to use. Trying to get it to look like a tightly packed thatch seems to be my problem. Earlier I had a try and ended up with " straw " all over the place, each time I tried to glue a layer down it went every where! . Also a ridge of dried glue will appear as you work up the roof , from the base .
In the end I've been trying out a section of blue foam dragged with a steel brush , will post photo later today .

As Andrew says, maybe double sided tape would work? But you are probably sorted now. Looking forward to the result

[Tim Marlow]

You could always try this technique John ….

This dates to before I was born, and as far as I know Pendon museum is still being worked on…..with Roy’s original work still state of the art….

[GerryW]

Just a thought, to 'bunch' the reeds together, how about sewing them?

[spanner570]

Excellent work 453.
If it helps, can I post up a picture of the stuff I use for 'thatching'?
It might be of some use to you for a future project - and it's free! Well, dirt cheap anyway......

570

[JR]

Keep your chin up JR......I have every confidence that you will find a solution to your present situation.........even if you have to drive a Kraut tank through it!!! :tongue-out3: :tongue-out2::tongue-out::thumb2:

I am Rick, experimenting is part of the fun.