Well it's as good a titile as any.
I found a female Youtuber named Kathy Millatt. I was struck by the facts that in a mostly male hobby, women are unusual, I think a British accent is HOT, and in one of her previous videos on static grass, she used the rail as ground (maybe I should call it earth) and it had no obvious continuity to the underlying scenery.
She models New England and her layout tours at the end of her videos are absolutely unique.
Here is her latest
I leave it to you to find her other Youtube videos if you are interested. Since she is not selling anything, I don't think I am in violation of Forum Protocals.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
She's been around for awhile. I seen some of her stuff on MRH. I've always liked her presentations.
Mike
My You Tube
BigDaddy in one of her previous videos on static grass, she used the rail as ground (maybe I should call it earth)
I love blasting my DCC decoders with 15,000 volts!
Anytime I have the static grass applicator out, my locomotives are a safe distance away. I have made a few mistakes where I got too close to the rail but it is a practice I make every effort to avoid.
I did see one of her videos comparing three makes of static grass and it seemed she was more concerned with the color rather than the length of fiber, ease of use, etc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBVROUw5AUs&t=447s
To say that one color is bland and the other is bright does me no good if she is only sampling a few shades and not testing ALL the available colors.
Yes, it was entertaining but I really didn't give much weight to her testing methods...
Regards, Ed
BigDaddyI found a female Youtuber named Kathy Millatt. I was struck by the facts that in a mostly male hobby, women are unusual,
Yes, very unusual - in the 40+ years I've been in the hobby, I've only been aware of a small handful of women who were into model railroading, and if pressed could count them on maybe two hands, maybe a bit more. Model railroading is an extremely recessive gene in females, perhaps a sad fact to many.
As Mike noted, she has posted on MRH forums a few times and of course, sorry all you poor sods, she is taken!
I think a British accent is HOT,
Sure it is. As it happens, I married a Brit myself and she immigated to be my wife on Feb 27, 2011 - we celebrated her 6th immigration anniversary just a few days ago. My wife isn't a "bloody southerner" as she refers to most of the posh Brits south of Yorkshire.
and in one of her previous videos on static grass, she used the rail as ground (maybe I should call it earth) and it had no obvious continuity to the underlying scenery.
Most of the Youtube video's I've found on static grass seem to have presenters with English or Aussie accents - there are a lot of Aussie's into model railroading I've noticed, and they don't have the space limitations that the Brits do.
As it happens, I'm rather late to the game, but getting into static grass myself. After recovering from the shock of how much some of the commercial static grass applicators cost, I'm going super cheap and making one for around $10 in parts and am getting my feet wet in it in the coming weeks.
When I saw the title of your thread, I thought maybe you found something unique in British static grass, but really as it turns out, its the presenter who is unique.
/jog on
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riogrande5761Yes, very unusual - in the 40+ years I've been in the hobby, I've only been aware of a small handful of women who were into model railroading, and if pressed could count them on maybe two hands, maybe a bit more. Model railroading is an extremely recessive gene in females, perhaps a sad fact to many.
I know 3. Im married to one.
My process with static grass was to mix several brands and colors together, to avoid a uniform look across my modules.
So if your wife was on her own, she would be building a layout and modeling? If so, you hit the lottery then - women who are independantly into model railraoding, apart from being married to a train, nut are probably 1 in 10 million. My wife supports me in my hobby which I have to be happy enough since ex was so openly hostile to it.
I still need to order some static grass - which I mainly plan on making some tufts for along side the tracks in west Colorado / Utah setting. What color and lengths do you recommend. I may need some for along a river too, probably a bit greener being near the water.
riogrande5761So if your wife was on her own, she would be building a layout and modeling?
When she was 7 or 8, her cousins got a train set for Christmas. She was insanely jealous of them. She takes an active part in modeling, building her own structures and modules. Would she have gotten into the hobby without me, maybe, maybe not.
riogrande5761I still need to order some static grass - which I mainly plan on making some tufts for along side the tracks in west Colorado / Utah setting. What color and lengths do you recommend. I may need some for along a river too, probably a bit greener being near the water.
There is a good article on how to do this in a back issue of RMC (might be the first one I got with my subscription. It involved using alene's tacky glue and the side of a computer tower to make grass tufts. I will dig it out and get back to you.
Scenic Express has a wide selection of many brands and colors of static grass, in many lengths.