Posted this on my Free-moN "Shoo-fly in Sonoma" thread, but thought it's own thread might be better for sharing, search, and archival purposes.
I've been building & planting a vineyard, using small stranded wire, ceramic stucco paste, polyfiber and AMSI ground foam:
Here's the "How-To" video:
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Hope this comes in handy, and I look forward to see how others have scratched a vineyard!
M.C. Fujiwara
My YouTube Channel (How-to's, Layout progress videos)
Silicon Valley Free-moN
Finally finished planting Lush Vineyard, so wanted to share the "finished" scene: That's 182 individually made & planted vines. At about 3 hours per batch of 40 vines, it was a bit laborious, but the end result is worth it. Especially as this is a Free-moN module, and both sides are the "front" and close to the viewer, and people will be looking at this from inches away. (No "3-foot rule" here!)
If I ever make a vineyard again, I'm puttin' towards the back of the layout and just detailing the first row or two and fakin' the rest. Still, I think it turned out alright, and, with the oaks, definitely says "Sonoma, California". I'm still debating about installing the big fans that keep the frost off, as that would definitely date the module as modern.
Hope this helps out anyone modeling a vineyard, whether the scene be California, New York, France, Germany or Noah after the Flood ;)
Thanks for looking
You've done a nice job of capturing the look of a vineyard - we have a lot of them up here in the Niagara region of Ontario - and your oak tree looks convincing, too.
As for the frost fans, you might be able to make them removeable, allowing you to vary the era in which you're modelling. If you add them, don't forget to also include a bird banger or two.
Wayne
Nice work.
Now a lesson on how NOT to plant a vineyard...
If you are going to plant a vineyard then you also need a wine cellar. Here is our (retail) wine cellar, it is guarded by Timothy Talbot Tiger, who will eat you if you are not 21 years of age.
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Fujiwarasan,
Awesome!
About those fans; weren't smudge pots (those things that looked like black bombs) used in earlier times?
Let me know when the first vintage is ready for tasting. If I can pry Nicolas Belfrage (Master of Wine and international authority on vintages) out of his London digs we can invite him over...
Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)