1:72/1:87 Vinná réva

Grapevine for 1:72 and 1:87 scale

A scenery vegetation material from the Czech manufacturer Model Scene. It is not a kit — the package contains individual vine plants on a carrier sheet that are taken out one at a time, shaped and glued into the terrain, onto a wall or onto a supporting structure. The dimensions match 1:72 as well as 1:87 scale, so the material serves military and railroad modelers alike.

The character of the growth

The grapevine is a climbing woody plant that does not grow upward without support. In vineyards it is trained in regular rows along wires between posts, and at houses it is let out over pergolas, trellises and walls. The regularity of the rows is typical of a vineyard and in a diorama it is worth keeping to — vines planted irregularly read as an ordinary bush. A vineyard also places a scene unambiguously in the warmer regions, on south-facing slopes and with southern European or Moravian motifs.

Use and application tips

Plant the plants one at a time with tweezers into a drop of cyanoacrylate or PVA glue. For a vineyard, first build the posts and stretch a thin thread between them as the wire, then train the vine along it — the result is incomparably more convincing than free-standing plants. For climbing greenery on a wall, press the vine to the surface and let the ends stand freely away from it. Between the rows of a vineyard keep open strips of soil or low grass, as befits cultivated land.

Who the material is for

• Builders of rural and southern European dioramas
• Railroad modelers building vineyards on slopes
• Modelers who want climbing greenery on walls and pergolas
• Builders of scenes in 1:72 and 1:87 scale

This is a scenery accessory, not a model kit. The glue, the paints, the posts and the supporting structure are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.