Wild Tuft – Light Green

Tall grass for large models

When only a low clump appears under a vehicle in 1:35 scale, the scene stays empty. Grown grass reaching up to the sides of the track runs, on the other hand, can genuinely set a model into the landscape and hide the transition between base and model. That is exactly what the tallest version in this group is for.

Package details

The fibers measure 12 millimeters and there are seventeen pieces in the package. The lower count compared with the shorter versions follows from the fact that one tall tuft takes up considerably more room in a scene and fewer of them are needed. The light green tone matches young, fast-growing growth of the kind that keeps to the water's edge and to shady places.

How to handle them

Tall fibers are easily crushed, so handle the package carefully and take a tuft by the base, not by the tips. Once bonded, the growth can be trimmed with sharp scissors to an irregular height, which does away with a machine-straight edge. For a smooth transition to the surrounding area it helps to place lower vegetation around the tall tufts and to rub a little fine soil in between them.

Where tall growth makes sense

Abandoned positions, the edges of ponds, ditches along roads and overgrown track will take this height without hesitation. On a maintained airfield or in a barracks yard, on the other hand, grown grass would look odd, because such areas were mown. The choice of fiber length is therefore just as telling as the choice of color.

• Seventeen pieces in the package
• Fibers 12 millimeters high
• The light green shade of young growth
• Ideal for models in the larger scales and for figures on bases
• Can be trimmed to an irregular height once bonded