Uhhh, does anybody know how to model kudzu? It’s the only thing I know of that is common here in the South that I can use to cover up a major blunder (something tells me the first of many to come) on a building I put together, or rather didn’t put together right. I just may turn the sucker into an old, kudzu covered barn!
And no I won’t show a picture of it! [
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Jarrell
Uh, all I know about it is that it helps with cravings for people trying to give up drinking.
Sorry, that’s the vitamin guy talking.
Oh, now I get it.
To model vines on a building or retaining wall, make squiggly lines of glue, and apply ground foam. That’s what I do anyway.
From what I hear, you plant a bit of kudzu next to the building. In a few weeks, you start a topic called “Does anyone know how to get rid of kudzu?” Then you join Greenpeace and work against Global Warming, because cold weather is the only thing that will stop that stuff.
Kudzu does? wow!
Jarrell
Thanks… that’ll do it!
Jarrell
It seems to be all over the place in parts of Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina. I have heard it can grow one foot per day in ideal conditions. Maybe a mixture of tall trees and kudzu…
Hmmmm…
Jarrell
C’mon, let’s hear it. Yer with yer pals, and we’ve all done the D’Oh!!
Instead of using regular glue I use rubber cement. That way if I decide I don’t like how it came out I can just peel it up and start over!
Oh no!! This was so dumb not even a newbie like me shoulda done it.
Jarrell
Do you mean you use rubber cement to put styrene buildings together? Or when making vines?
Thanks PCarrell.
Jarrell
I usually use it for the vines…but if you are that confident in your building skills, I suppose you could use it to put the buildings together. Who knows, it might even help duing those scale “earthquakes” that happen when you bump the table!
Here is how I would model kudzu.
I would take dental floss – the broad “tape” kind, paint it green, spray it with adhesive, dip it in green foam, and then place it on the ground, winding around, and up, electric poles, battery boxes, and all the other stuff the kudzu covers.
If you are really economical I guess you could even do this with “used” dental floss – your own preferably!
Dave Nelson
Lol… I’ll pass on the used variety but the new unused kind… yep!
Jarrell
ahh so that’s what kudzu is . i was in southern mississippi and louisiana a few years ago and saw all this green stuff growing everywhere . completely covered electrical poles and the wires between them .
i was a bit afraid to get out of the car , figured if i stood somewhere too long it would get me !
i’m a newb myself when it comes to craftsman structure building . i decided to start with something fairly simple so i’m working on the Campbell’s Kiowa trackside details . put all the walls together for the switchman’s shack and i thought it looked pretty good , almost square , no excess glue oozing out anywhere . then i looked closer at the walls , which are a wood siding , you know the kind where each board overlaps the board below it so the rain flows nicely down the walls . well heck , didn’t i glue one of the walls on upside down ? DOH ! luckily it’s on the back of the building and probably won’t be seen…
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Ereimer, did you ever see Day of the Triffids? Then you know to keep a spray bottle with salt water in it. I liked the dental floss idea to make kudzu. Upside down wall? You DO have a safety hobby knife, don’t you? You know, the kind with NO blade in it to make imaginary cuts, so you don’t cut yourself. I guess we ALL have “D’OH!” moments we could share. Like running a healthy bead of Liquid Nails, turning to look for something while laying your arm in that goo. FYI - spray carb cleaner cleans it off you skin pretty good. I wouldn’t use it anywhere near the armpits, though.
model railroader ran a project railroad or perhaps a cover-shoot article in which kudzu was mentioned and modeled. I think Andy Sperandeo was the author…probably in the eighties.
oh by the way…I believe Kudzu is not native. I seem to recall it was planted to assist with soil control, perhaps in response to the dust bowl…and no i wouldnt lie next to a patch of it for a long nap!