Modeling realistic tall grass on the Siskiyou Line

Model Railroader Layouts and layout building
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If you want an easy way to model great looking tall grass on your model RR, I’ve posted some details here on my web site:

http://siskiyou.railfan.net/silflor.html

I use hot glue to glue down the silflor and fake fur … you can see the link above for more details. I’m happy to entertain any questions you might have on how I use this stuff.

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THANKS, Great idea.

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Very nice - excellent web site too!

Thanks for the link.

Andrew

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Joe -

Outstanding detail! Thanks for sharing.

I too agree that ground foam has its limitations and am always looking for alternatives. I went to the Scenic Express website, but I could not find details on this product. Do you know if they make an N-scale version?

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You can get various thicknesses of silflor. There are three thicknesses, short, medium, and high. The high stuff is what I’m showing in the photos. It’s called: Autumn tone high pasture. I would think the shorter silflor should work very well in N scale.

Unfortunately, Scenic Express’s web site is pretty disappointing. You best bet is to go to their web site, call their 1-800 number, and order a silflor sampler kit. That will answer most of your questions, you’ll have some stuff you can use right away to see how it looks, and their hardcopy catalog is dynamite – tons of great products, photos, and info … unlike their disappointing web site.