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Modular Fence System¶
Just in time for the year end - done :-)
I covered all the green area thickly in grass. To stop the constant rain of blades of grass, I flooded the grass areas with wall paint primer. This hardens them and acts kind of like a glue that soaks into the greenery.
As a final step, I added some creepers to a couple of sections.
And here they are done, in their storage box, and a couple set up as an example.
Published 2016-12-31 08:05:31
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[Terrain]¶
Modular Fence System¶
As the year draws to a close, I am a bit shocked concerning the number of open projects I have (like every year), and especially this one as it is 1.5 years old... time to finish it.
I painted the rest of the sections, the edge sections were the last to be done.
I then started to apply the grass. It will not be one sort all over, but at least one additional one to my standard base grass. The first I applied is Ziterdes 12133 Alpine Meadow. It has some darker green sand in it as well as light brown rocks.
Published 2016-12-17 10:51:21
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Modular Fence System¶
I did the first test section. I basecoated the fence in
- AK783 Weathered Wood
I then added some moss by drybrushing lighty from underneath and around the posts where they meet the ground with
- 70.968 Flat Green
The wood was then brushed from above with
- AK787 Medium Grey
- AK785 Middle Grey
- AK784 Light Grey
I like the result and think I will go with that as the base colour, especially the half posts where the sections connect. I will vary the colour on the sections, like freshly replaced beams etc, adding washes here and there, but I think this will be the main colour scheme.
Published 2016-06-24 04:14:33
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[Tools]¶
Static Grass Applicator¶
After reading several blog posts and looking at several YouTube videos, I decided to have a go at my own static grass applicator. I wanted to have something like the Gras-Master 2.0 for quite some time, but for 150,00 EUR - no thanks.
If you want to follow the steps I outline here take care. You are tinkering with electricity and should know what you do. I am not liable for anything.
Following the tutorials I found, I bought:
- an electric fly swat from Amazon - delivered to my door for free with Prime for EUR 9.89.
- Two metal sieves from the Doll... Euro-Store for ... guess what... EUR 1.00.
- 1 meter of cable for EUR 1.50. The local DIY store did not have one-braided cables, so I bought the cheapest 2 braided one.
I used the following tools:
- Clippers
- Screwdriver
- Saw
- Three finger pliers
- Duct tape
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I removed the screws and opened the fly swatter (making sure no batteries were in). The yellow top end was easily taken out, but the two yellow halves I needed to break apart. Only the part that is in the handle came easily apart. Â
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The inner electronics - which I did not touch. Â
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I had to press the wire handle a bit tighter with pliers, and carve away some of the yellow rim (bottom of the picture), then the sieve fit perfectly. I pressed it into the yellow part, the tension of the metal grip keeping it firmly in place. Â
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To connect the sieve to the power source, I cut down the wire that ran into the swatter, and with the help of a three finger plier bent the wire and the sieve handle so the wire nestled to the handle form and both fit into the plastic casing. Â
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I cut one end of the black cable, then ripped it apart from there to free the two strands inside. Â
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The copper of the blue wire was then made bare on one end, the second wire from the fly swatter cut off; the two of them then twisted around each other, then fixed and isolated with duct tape. The other wire and the sieve handle were taped together as well. Â
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The other end of the blue wire was attached to an offcut of the wire that ran around the inside of the swatter part, then duct taped as well. Â
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The finished static grass applicator, screwed back together. Â
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First test application of grass on a piece of cardboard. The areas where the grass is lying flat, there was no glue; the parts where the grass is standing upright, there was glue the end of the blue wire was stuck into. Â
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With the loose grass shaken off: Â
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All in all the conversion took me less than an hour and less than EUR 12.00 (deducting the spare sieve, wire from the total purchase). It works quite well and I am sure this little tool will be very helpful for my further carerr as miniature gardener.
Published 2016-06-21 10:45:57
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Modular Fence System¶
I finished painting the stones, then touched up the green.
Here a close-up.
Done :-)
Well... not yet, the main part (the fences themselves) are up next.
Published 2016-06-20 11:07:54
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[Terrain]¶
Modular Fence System¶
This project is sitting on my desk for too long, I need to get this finished.
I painted the to be flocked areas green, the sandy areas brown, the fences and path areas black-brown. The colour on the fences was only applied to soak the wood with cheap DIY store paints, rather than with the expensive model paints I will use to paint them.
The sand areas where then highlighted.
I then started to paint the pebbles and larger sand corns in two greys, which will then be drybrushed in the same light grey.
Published 2016-06-19 11:01:05
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Modular Fence System¶
The edge sections are done.
The last type of section I wanted to build are end pieces, that only connect on one side to another fence section.
All the sections I wanted to build for now are done, next up is painting them.
Published 2015-12-04 11:05:39
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Modular Fence System¶
The connecting posts and one of the edge posts are glued to all the bases.
Published 2015-11-26 10:49:48
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Modular Fence System¶
I prepared all the edge bases, cutting them into shape and bevelling the edges.
Published 2015-11-14 10:49:48
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Modular Fence System¶
I finished the last 6 straight pieces. One has an 8cm wide door (allowing 4 20mm bases abreast to pass), the other two have a 2cm wide door.
Next up are the corner segments.
Published 2015-09-13 11:13:17
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