Corn field

HI everyone.
I was trying to figure out how to make a decent cornfield for my Midwestern layout, when I ran across the H0 wheat field from Busch, # HO 1204. I figure an H0 man's wheat could be a Z man's corn. Cost me 10 Euros, supposed to be enough for 100 square cm. (I will space rows out a bit more, so it will be a little bigger than that). They are about 10 mm high and there are 4000 plants in a box.
I don't think it looks too far off from corn when its kind of the dry season and it twists up. color is about right.
For those that want to repaint it I would suggest washing them while they are on the sprues, with water and a bit of detergent, as they are made out of the same soft plastic toy soldiers in HO and 1/72 come in.
If and when I ever get done,I will snap some pictures.

Kelly, Check this out. www.micronart.com/ZSCALE_Accessories.html Yours truly has shown this on the Southern Division for a year. Plus it is Z scale. Speaking of hobos. I need 4 or 5 sitting for a campfire scene. Cheers, Jim CCRR:)

Here's a suggested way of assembling a cornfield that produces nice, evenly-spaced rows, using the Micron Art corn recommended by Jim:

jamesriverbranch.net/project_25.htm

Results look like this:

David, a very lovely corn field indeed.

These are great looking cornfields..I need to get the corn cribs too..very typical for Southern Illinois back in the day.
I'm trying to get more bang for my buck. The etched corn is perfect and looks very good. If you had a good crop. The wheat field I am using is going to look more times-are-hard-dustbowl like.Late summer. Which is pretty much my situation anyway.
Jim, I just got some more unpainted Preiser guys, and I will try to do you up a batch of hobos.
Thanks for the tips on the other fields!

David, I am going to try the foam tape method with the field I got. The base is thicker than it would be for metal corn, and the plastic its made out of might not be as good to stick to as flat metal. I will give it a shot anyway. I might get mad and junk it all and go with a nice green field of corn

They grow corn in Germany, too. Great idea for our large layout

Very nice corn rows David! I made some corn too, but needed a way to get nice rows. Your idea is perfect, and looks like I can use it on rolling hills too! Thanks for sharing!

Hello,

a small instruction from Germany. The meaning of the American word CORN(field) is not the same like the German KORN(feld). The German word for CORN is MAIS.

Our KORN is a general term for WHEAT, BARLEY, etc.

So you can also search for German pictures of Cornfields (Maisfelder).

Best wishes
Andreas

Thank you, Andreas

From what I have heard, after the war, Adenauer was asked what Germany needed the most to get back on its feet. He said Korn. Somewhere it was misunderstood and the US sent tons of corn to Germany. As Germans in that generation did not eat corn and thought of it as food for pigs, some took it as an insult. My ex-fatherinlaw would turn green when I mentioned cornbread, as that was all he had to eat after the war.
The newer generation now eats corn on the cob, and my current Frau can make cornbread better than I can.

Moin Moin...

Good morning...

a little addition to Andreas information:

Andreas wrote:

Our KORN is a general term for WHEAT, BARLEY, etc.

If you talk about KORN in Germany, and especially in the northern parts it also means a drink. In the German version of the Wikipedia you can find out about how it is made.

Now how is this connected to Z-scale? If you read in the English Wikipedia you will find that a popular brand of this drink is Doornkaat , which was very popular in the late 60s. Back then you could find the advertising also on the railbuses. Maerklin has two items in the list which covers this brand name. First a railbus set , and one of those glas tank cars .

Cheers...

Very nice corn David.

Thank you!