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Sunday, April 05, 2015 - 10:16 PM UTC

Phoenix Models has just announced the release of two great new ground cover products. These are self adhesive ground cover “mats” that will stick to just about any surface. Check out the whole news story here!

Phoenix Models has just announced the release of a couple of cool new products specifically for your diorama needs. Both of these ground terrain pieces are self adhesive so they will stick to just about any surface allowing you to add them to just about any base, flat or contoured. Here is what Phoenix Models has to say about these:

“UD Series is coming，

UD001 Steppe Ground Dimension: 300x200（mm）
UD002 Steppe Ground Dimension: 400x300（mm）

UD Series -（Diorama Use Directly）

UDOO1、UD002 suitable for 1:32 /1:35/ 1:48 series products.

The base of diorama is soft ，modellers can create different terrain ，double-sided adhesive at the bottom of the base, the base can stick to any object.”

These two new great releases will be available starting in April (now). For more information on this and other upcoming and current releases from Phoenix Models be sure to check out their website here:

http://www.phoenix-models.com/

and for the latest from Phoenix Models be sure to stay tuned to Armorama for the most up to date news on these guys and all of your favorite vendors!
And as always special thanks to our friends at Phoenix Models for the heads up on this and all of their exciting new releases.

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bill_c

Turf is among the hardest effect to create. Very useful.

APR 06, 2015 - 02:32 AM

Biggles2

Hmmm...A small step for mankind...a giant step for modellers!

APR 06, 2015 - 04:16 AM

obg153

These do look like they'd come in handy for certain dio scenes. I wonder if you'd have to make cuts in the mat for proper coverage of rolling terrain such as that shown in the first photo?

APR 06, 2015 - 06:26 AM

dioman13

Looks like a handy item to have around. Jack, I would assume to cover terrain as you stated you would have to cut it. Think of a sheet of paper covering a base, some cuts to get it around curved and raised surfaces. Might be able to cut out desired bits to fit into areas around water or out crops. The only thing that bothers me is the depth from the dirt area to the bottom, the gray area. You might have to leave a depression in your base to accomodate this. I'll have to P/U a sheet and find out.

APR 06, 2015 - 08:28 AM

dimkaras

Great stuff! I also have noticed the "depth" and wondering if it is too soft and behaving like a mattress, which is not that I want. Anyway, it is welcome, and hope it would be possible to be cut not only partially - to cover specific areas - but as in "layers" also.

APR 06, 2015 - 01:00 PM

bill_c

I like the depth. Most model dioramas aren't realistic because the tanks, etc. sit too much on top of the turf. Watch a tank video from Bovington and see how the treads dig into the ground.

APR 06, 2015 - 08:10 PM

obg153

One lesson I've always tried to keep in making a dio from Shep Paine's first book is that, "armored vehicles & tanks in particular, don't move over the ground, they move through it." Which brings the next question on this new item. It appears to be made of some poly-fiber type material to give it some "depth." Might present a challenge when trying to create track/tire ruts. These mats do look like they'd be great for making airfield dios where the vehicles & planes aren't as likely to chew up the ground.

APR 06, 2015 - 08:53 PM

flydutch46

Hi Guys, I have been following your discussion with intererst. Through my connections with Reality In Scale I have permanent free access to Model Scene dio mats and have used them a lot in the recent past. These mat from Phoenix seem to have the same issue as the abovementioned Model Scene mats. They look beautiful and are almost inmpossible to beat using the regular scenery materials, but any model you place on them literally sits ON the mat. In a very unrealistic fashion. Even putting a hell of a lot of extra weight into your model won't solve that problem completely. There is only one way to tackle that; measure the exact 'indentation' of your model and cut out eg. strips of the mat where tank tracks etc have to 'sink in'.

APR 08, 2015 - 12:50 PM

RobinNilsson

and remember too cut all the way to the edge on one side to show how the tank or vehicle got there (unless it was lifted in by a crane/helicopter/huge hand or has been standing there for such a long time that the vegetation has had time to grow back and fill in the tracks ...) / Robin

APR 08, 2015 - 02:41 PM

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