Gauge Neutral grass strips darkgreen 5-6 mm / 10 pc

HEKI Grass Strips, Dark Green 5 to 6 mm, 10 pcs

Ten grass strips from the German maker HEKI, one hundred millimeters long, with growth five to six millimeters high, in a dark green shade. Dark grass on a model means damp and shade, so a strip of it suits exactly those places where water stands in the landscape: in ditches, at the foot of an embankment, along watercourses and on the north-facing sides of slopes. Used in the right place it gives an area depth; scattered everywhere it weighs it down instead.

Use

• grassy strips in ditches and along watercourses
• the shaded foot of an embankment and a cutting
• growth along walls on the north side
• grading the color of a large grassy area
• damp lines between a meadow and a body of water
• growth along culverts and bridge piers

How to work with the strips

The strips are not self-adhesive; they are fixed with modeling glue, ideally a flock adhesive or PVA glue. Apply a thin line of glue and lay the strip into it, shortening it with scissors if needed. A dark strip comes into its own when lighter grass lies next to it, so it pays to combine two shades and keep the transition between them irregular. Fray the ends of the strip slightly so the cut is not visible.

Who the set is for

For layout and diorama builders who work with light and shade, and for modelers fine-tuning the damp places in a scene. Dark strips also suit marking the spot where water seeps out of a slope, because that is where grass tends to be at its deepest green. This is modeling material, not a toy. The manufacturer marks its scenery products as unsuitable for children under fifteen.