Global Scale Modeller

I'm helping* my 11 year old son make a model Anderson shelter for a school history project, it's only corrugated card and paper machia but it's looking pretty good. Now we need to "make" some grass, but I'm not a duo builder!

It's quite big about 1/12 but i'm sure he won't notice if it's not the right scale. Any tips, preferably using house hold supplies would by much appreciated because as a modellers son he HAS to have the best in class.

* Yes I REALLY am only helping but the urge to build a better one one he's in bed is starting to keep me up at night

Unravel sissal string ( think that's how to spell it , dye green cut to lenght needed buddy

some herbs can be used as ground scatter

There's a couple of YouTubers I watch that might be able to help. They mostly do terrain for war gaming but it's transferable.

I'm thinking of Mel The Terrain Tutor and Luke's APS. Luke especially does things cheap and uses everyday products (like house paint, household clear silicon for water etc).

I don't know if you'll find exactly what you're looking but they're worth watching anyway.

Thanks all, Luke APS is exactly what I wanted.

digger303 wrote: Sun Jun 25, 2017 12:07 pm some herbs can be used as ground scatter

Yeah but you end up with a dio you want to eat!

Stokesy44 wrote: Mon Jul 03, 2017 11:29 am

digger303 wrote: Sun Jun 25, 2017 12:07 pm some herbs can be used as ground scatter

Yeah but you end up with a dio you want to eat!

The heat oh the heat it's taking an awful toll on the minds of some.....

digger303 wrote: Mon Jul 03, 2017 11:34 am

Stokesy44 wrote: Mon Jul 03, 2017 11:29 am

digger303 wrote: Sun Jun 25, 2017 12:07 pm some herbs can be used as ground scatter

Yeah but you end up with a dio you want to eat!

The heat oh the heat it's taking an awful toll on the minds of some.....

The worry is its actually quite cool here at the mo. We've had our heat wave for the year now

Stokesy44 wrote: Mon Jul 03, 2017 7:08 pm

digger303 wrote: Mon Jul 03, 2017 11:34 am

Stokesy44 wrote: Mon Jul 03, 2017 11:29 am

Yeah but you end up with a dio you want to eat!

The heat oh the heat it's taking an awful toll on the minds of some.....

The worry is its actually quite cool here at the mo. We've had our heat wave for the year now

Must be ready to head off to Spain for shortly then
Actually my sister in law is back over there now to look after her mum for a while. The younger son can't cope, and he retired 2 yrs ago at 49 . She says you need a cardie and a jumper to survive the summer.

digger303 wrote: Tue Jul 04, 2017 1:03 am
Must be ready to head off to Spain for shortly then
Actually my sister in law is back over there now to look after her mum for a while. The younger son can't cope, and he retired 2 yrs ago at 49 . She says you need a cardie and a jumper to survive the summer.

The problem is we don't really get a summer. We get hot spells (lasting about a week) when people moan its too hot then mild crappy weather that just reinforces the idea that if you want a summer holiday you have to go abroad. AND, even when it is hot, the sea is still frikkin freezing. That's why I'm off to Jamaica in September!

Stokesy44 wrote: Tue Jul 04, 2017 11:16 am

digger303 wrote: Tue Jul 04, 2017 1:03 am
Must be ready to head off to Spain for shortly then
Actually my sister in law is back over there now to look after her mum for a while. The younger son can't cope, and he retired 2 yrs ago at 49 . She says you need a cardie and a jumper to survive the summer.

The problem is we don't really get a summer. We get hot spells (lasting about a week) when people moan its too hot then mild crappy weather that just reinforces the idea that if you want a summer holiday you have to go abroad. AND, even when it is hot, the sea is still frikkin freezing. That's why I'm off to Jamaica in September!

Sounds like a very good plan and the beaches are better. Thinking of heading off to Broome ourselves. Just driving up and getting away from here, it is so dry ( middle of winter ) everything is brown like the middle of summer. A bad one I'm afraid.

Actually when you think about ...many have been locked up for having too much home made GRASS !