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Who makes good weeds?
AlanL
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Posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 - 11:13 PM UTC
Ai Guys,

Any thoughts on who makes good weeds or a good weed guide ?

Al
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Posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 - 11:33 PM UTC
The local shabeen used to sell some pretty decent weed. A good spliff, without too many seeds...

R~

[oh come on... like you weren't expecting some smart alec reply ]
exer
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Posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 - 11:47 PM UTC

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The local shabeen used to sell some pretty decent weed. A good spliff, without too many seeds...

R~

[oh come on... like you weren't expecting some smart alec reply ]





Here's a serious answer: There are lots out there in Brass and paper Kamizukuri make some good sets. Here's their weeds and Ivy from my review





Here's a more expensive option from today's news

AlanL
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Posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - 12:10 AM UTC

Quoted Text

The local shabeen used to sell some pretty decent weed. A good spliff, without too many seeds...

R~

[oh come on... like you weren't expecting some smart alec reply ]



Hi Rudi, I see signs of a miss-spent youth

Tobacco might work in little clumps.

Thanks Pat, i'll check those out.

Al
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Posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - 02:29 AM UTC
Model R/R supplier Busch has a bunch of stuff that's not bad. Flowers to some crops and such. Called H/O scale but it's really too big for that. I use the dandlions set and it comes with a sprue of lawn critters to boot. They have a daisy set that's pretty good too after a re-paint job. I use the pumpkin set for water side weeds. Just twist the leaves around and curl then paint. Bushy weed like plants. E-mail add is www.busch-model.com. Rudi's suggestion might work for forrest clutter, or was that brain clutter
retiredyank
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Posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - 03:02 AM UTC
If it were me, I would sit down with some paper and copper wire. Of course, it's about the sense of a job well done and maybe a few colorful adjectives. I just ran a piece of music wire through two fingers, while reaming the cap to my ca glue.
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Posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - 03:30 AM UTC
And you could have a lot at the Stuff from Mininatur. Got loads of the stuff and it looks amazing. They have a lot of varieties as well.
Check out their site
http://www.mininatur.de/silhouette_home.php?lang=de

And there is also a brand called greenline who have a lot in their arsenal
http://www.realityinscale.com/epages/61537336.sf/en_US/?ObjectPath=/Shops/61537336/Categories/%22Green%20Line%22

Depending on what you are looking for Reality in scale offers several scatterings in a pot
Nature in a pot
Forest in a pot

And there is Modelscene who have great grassmatts and lasercut stuff
Modelscene at Reality in Scale

And as for the other weeds... Got loads of shops all over Holland where you can get as much as you like
AlanL
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Posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - 07:43 AM UTC
Hi Guys,

Thanks for the replies, I'll check out a few sites. Last time I was in Holland was about 15 years ago at the Jazz festival, whch was excellent.

Thanks

Al
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