54mm Waterloo Cornfield Base-A Blast From The Past

[Andy Belsey]

Looking great Neil! You’ll have to have some of the rye trodden down or he’ll be hidden!

Sorry for being a ‘bolt counter’ but I read elsewhere that you said that St Stan was really Sid Horton. His name was really Byran Fosten. He and his brother were pioneers in our world.

Below are some of his tips on the Historex Agents website. You should recognise his drawing style, as these are credited to Byran

ttp://www.historexagents.com/shop/tips_hxkits.php

http://www.historexagents.com/shop/tips_metal.php

Andy

 

[Steve Jones]

Terrific work on the Rye field Neil. Don't forget to make some place mats out of the leftover raffia. Ah the memories LOL

 

[Neil Merryweather]

Looking great Neil! You’ll have to have some of the rye trodden down or he’ll be hidden!

Absolutely! and I'm going to tint it green as well, because it wouldn't have been so ripe in June

Sorry for being a ‘bolt counter’ but I read elsewhere that you said that St Stan was really Sid Horton. His name was really Byran Fosten. He and his brother were pioneers in our world.

Below are some of his tips on the Historex Agents website. You should recognise his drawing style, as these are credited to Byran

ttp/www.historexagents.com/shop/tips_hxkits.php

http://www.historexagents.com/shop/tips_metal.php

Andy

yes of COURSE! Bryan Fosten's drawing style is SO distinctive, that makes absolute sense!
Sorry for the misinformation everyone!

 

[colin m]

I feel a thread coming on- a sort of 'then and now'
I have a couple more things I could share that have survived the various moves and purges of life

I do envy you a bit having some of your early work around. My bedroom ceiling (as a boy) had a complete air force of all nations. Nothing of that era survives.

 

[Neil Merryweather]

I do envy you a bit having some of your early work around. My bedroom ceiling (as a boy) had a complete air force of all nations. Nothing of that era survives.

It's only a few figures really, Colin.
I too had an airforce on my ceiling, and tanks and trucks and armies- all gone for landfill!

 

[Dustbin]

I Still have the Catchpole Collection and most of the mags too, fond memories of learning to model "proper"
Paul

 

[Neil Merryweather]

Morning All!
I have some progress to report.
I painted the ground after doubling the number of furrows-whether it's accurate or not I don't know, but I've done it now and I'm not undoing it!


I tinted the corn green as threatened - Waterloo was in June so I imagine it wouldn't have been golden yet.


here's a shot of the first furrow- looks promising, I think.

I used Evo-Stik in the end for this as it grabs instantly and is brown, unlike PVA which is clear but shiny, and doesn't hold the stalks upright without patience(which I don't have a lot of).
And here is the (almost) finished article.



It took me about 2 hours to do this, and there are 227 stems, for the benefit of those who care( we know who you are, Steve).
That's a guess because I couldn't bring myself to actually count them!
Looking at it now I wish I had been a bit more careful to get the ears more uniform,as it looks more like a hedgerow than a cornfield,but hell it's done now.
I quite fancy adding a flower or two- poppy, cornflower- any ideas, anyone?
I'll leave it a couple of days and then start the process of trampling it down, but not too much,I think.
thanks for looking
Neil

 

[Deleted member 4539]

This is excellent Neil .

 

[Steve Jones]

Morning All!
I have some progress to report.
I painted the ground after doubling the number of furrows-whether it's accurate or not I don't know, but I've done it now and I'm not undoing it!
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I tinted the corn green as threatened - Waterloo was in June so I imagine it wouldn't have been golden yet.
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here's a shot of the first furrow- looks promising, I think.
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I used Evo-Stik in the end for this as it grabs instantly and is brown, unlike PVA which is clear but shiny, and doesn't hold the stalks upright without patience(which I don't have a lot of).
And here is the (almost) finished article.

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It took me about 2 hours to do this, and there are 227 stems, for the benefit of those who care( we know who you are, Steve).
That's a guess because I couldn't bring myself to actually count them!
Looking at it now I wish I had been a bit more careful to get the ears more uniform,as it looks more like a hedgerow than a cornfield,but hell it's done now.
I quite fancy adding a flower or two- poppy, cornflower- any ideas, anyone?
I'll leave it a couple of days and then start the process of trampling it down, but not too much,I think.
thanks for looking
Neil

Send me some more close up photos and I will count the stalks for you. Do you want the amount of Rye seeds counted as well?? LOL

Looking forward to seeing your crop circles. Terrific work

 

[colin m]

Well now, what splendid scale horticultural skills you have. That looks great.

 

[Andy Belsey]

Excellent!!
Andy

 

[Deleted member 6559]

That's turned out rather well Neil. Very convincing indeed.

 

[Neil Merryweather]

Send me some more close up photos and I will count the stalks for you. Do you want the amount of Rye seeds counted as well?? LOL

Looking forward to seeing your crop circles. Terrific work

Crop circles- now there's an idea!
Thanks for the offer of the count but I don't really want to know,now- I'm moving on. I had to get this finished before anything else as the bench was disgusting. I've just purged it and will get back to the rifleman asap.

 

[Neil Merryweather]

Well now, what splendid scale horticultural skills you have. That looks great.

Thanks Colin, unfortunately not translatable to real life gardening. I've got more hedge to trim this weekend, not looking forward to it

 

[Neil Merryweather]

Excellent!!
Andy

Thanks Andy, that's praise indeed from the Capability Brown of the 54mm world!

 

[Neil Merryweather]

That's turned out rather well Neil. Very convincing indeed.

Thank you Peter, it's better than I was expecting, completely new territory for me.

 

[Steve Jones]

Looking at it now I wish I had been a bit more careful to get the ears more uniform,as it looks more like a hedgerow than a cornfield,but hell it's done now.
I quite fancy adding a flower or two- poppy, cornflower- any ideas, anyone?

Here are some photos of the battlefield that might give you some inspiration for vegetation

 

[scottie3158]

Neil,
That is a very nice result your patience really paid off.

 

[Neil Merryweather]

Here are some photos of the battlefield that might give you some inspiration for vegetation

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Here are some photos of the battlefield that might give you some inspiration for vegetation

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Thanks for these, Steve, I'll have to wait until I can look at them on the pc

 

[Neil Merryweather]

Neil,
That is a very nice result your patience really paid off.

Very kind, Scottie, thanks