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Posted: Friday, June 12, 2009 - 07:59 AM UTC
simple question guys
what is static grass and how do you use it ?????
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Posted: Friday, June 12, 2009 - 03:38 PM UTC
this should answer both!
http://woodlandscenics.woodlandscenics.com/items.cfm/FieldGrass
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Posted: Friday, June 12, 2009 - 03:43 PM UTC
Basically 'Static Grass' consists of small (2mm -6mm generally) fibers of Rayon, a material that responds to static electricity. The material comes in a bag or jar and you can sprinkle it onto an area that you have laid down some glue (usually a PVA/H2O mixture) You can then pass something with a static charge over it and the individual fibers will stand up making it look like grass.
The fibers come in all different colors and sizes and they sell specific "static charge" tools that create the charge and make the grass stand up with a pass. You can make a tool that can do this far cheaper than it costs to purchase a pre-made one.


http://woodlandscenics.woodlandscenics.com/items.cfm/StaticGrassFlock

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYSAK1ezou4

Cheers,
Charles
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Posted: Friday, June 12, 2009 - 07:40 PM UTC

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Basically 'Static Grass' consists of small (2mm -6mm generally) fibers of Rayon, a material that responds to static electricity. The material comes in a bag or jar and you can sprinkle it onto an area that you have laid down some glue (usually a PVA/H2O mixture) You can then pass something with a static charge over it and the individual fibers will stand up making it look like grass.
The fibers come in all different colors and sizes and they sell specific "static charge" tools that create the charge and make the grass stand up with a pass. You can make a tool that can do this far cheaper than it costs to purchase a pre-made one.


http://woodlandscenics.woodlandscenics.com/items.cfm/StaticGrassFlock

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYSAK1ezou4

Cheers,
Charles


Great post Charles
just one quick question,I have tried to find such a product here in the uk but had no luck at all the only one i have found is the the thing from spectrehobbies.com, Any idea how i make my own or purchase such a thing here in the uk. ?
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Posted: Friday, June 12, 2009 - 10:16 PM UTC
erm, i'm not entirely sure what mine is called but i found it fine in the UK, and fairly cheap too. i don't think you can make your own though. the shop i bought it from sells a lot of stuff for model railways and that was where i found it, so try looking in any model railway shops. next time i go to my model shop i will check out the brand. and don't worry about colour, you need to paint it anyway.
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Posted: Saturday, June 13, 2009 - 06:46 AM UTC
Thanks Luke i found one on e-bay looks rather wild but at thirty quid,As long as it does the job i suppose.

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/merchant/solentsolutions_W0QQ_nkwZQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZ
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Posted: Saturday, June 13, 2009 - 06:55 AM UTC
has anyone tried rubbing a balloon on your jumper, and passing it over the static grass?
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