Create a Realistic Cornfield for Your Model Railroad Layout

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In this video I will show you how to create a realistic cornfield for your model railroad layout. I am using Blulford Shops Cornfields kit and several techniques to transform these simple cornstalks into a stunning cornfield for a farm scene on my own model railroad layout. Follow along and learn ways to improve you own model railroad scenery.
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@RonsTrainsNThings 4 месяца назад

See how I build this entire farm scene on my layout here: tinyurl.com/yd5f5jjz

@user-br9hv5ku2o 4 месяца назад

Great video. It certainly took some patience to process all that corn but your end result was worth it.

@MechsWorld 4 месяца назад

I normally do not comment Ron, not because I am bored, but rather I am amazed at your work. Keep up the videos and the passion.

@michaelstump6289 4 месяца назад

Brother, you have some patience! Great job!

@HumancityJunction 4 месяца назад

This is insanely detailed and good. It also reminds me why I am modeling an urban scene.

@RonsTrainsNThings 4 месяца назад

Lol well this is what I grew up with and what I know.

@johnboren8928 4 месяца назад

This city guy appreciates your work on this. I've got some farms to model, and people with actual experience on farms are wonderful. I'm assuming that eventually you'll show us the entire scene.

@RonsTrainsNThings 4 месяца назад

Yes, I'm working on it currently.

@mikehowey4869 4 месяца назад

The farm scene is looking better and better! I like how you painted the corn and offset the rows.

@randydobson1863 4 месяца назад

hello Ron & it's is Randy and i like yours video is cool & Thanks Ron Friends Randy

@schadowolf 4 месяца назад

Well done! I will have to reference this video again in the future when I'm ready to put in a couple of corn fields!

@shawnleih2916 4 месяца назад

Thank you sharing this corn fields Ron Cephalon updates your beautiful layout friend hope you have great Tuesday day friend

@charlesrclevenger8960 4 месяца назад

Ron, I was really glad to see how you dealt with the "too regular" look of the Bluford Shops corn rows. In my N-scale Scioto Valley System (set in the Ohio and Scioto River valleys), I also used Bluford's cornfield and really liked my results, although I learned a few refinements along the way that I'd use next time (Would share a photo if I knew how). Thanks for your artistic and technical leadership in the hobby -- I follow along avidly. ~Chuck

@RonsTrainsNThings 4 месяца назад

Thanks, Chuck. Glad to have you aboard.

@patrickmurphy6775 4 месяца назад

You are an inspiration. I did the sunflower field and vowed to never do these farm plants of any type ever again! Kudos!!

@rln970 4 месяца назад

Great video and advice. I envy your patience and skill

@johnbanicki7232 4 месяца назад

That looks great! But sure looks like a tedious process. Thanks for sharing.

@RonsTrainsNThings 4 месяца назад

Sometimes tedious is necessary for quality detailed results.

@mitchweigel6713 4 месяца назад

Looks Great! That Beacon 3 in 1 is good stuff. Works really good for PVC and Styrene parts. Dries pretty fast, and is thick enough not to run all over. Thanks Ron!

@RonsTrainsNThings 4 месяца назад

Yes, it is one of Martin Welberg's recommended adhesives for scenery. I love it.

@JoeG-firehousewhiskey 2 месяца назад

That sure is a lot of work but well worth it. It looks great

@RonsTrainsNThings 2 месяца назад

Thanks Joe

@fbrailroad4628 4 месяца назад

Ron, this farm vignette is looking to be a great scene on your layout.

@JaredJanhsen 4 месяца назад

I'm more of a wargaming miniature hobbyist, but I love watching other modelers' techniques. I also grew up on a farm. That field looks amazing! I like the illusion of depth with the backdrop.

@RonsTrainsNThings 4 месяца назад

Thank you. I enjoy watching wargaming and military modelers. Unlearn so much from them. 👍🏼👍🏼

@N-Scale 4 месяца назад

Thanks for the great tips Ron and the scene will be great !!!

@RonsTrainsNThings 4 месяца назад

Thanks, Mike. Always good to hear from you.

@DIYDigitalRailroad 4 месяца назад

This is great! Your farm scene is really taking shape!

@RonsTrainsNThings 4 месяца назад

Thanks, Jimmy. 👍🏼

@Cowboy_Steve 4 месяца назад

Howdy Ron! You made some excellent decisions with the corn. Offsetting the rows made a huge difference. Well done and thanks for sharing 🤠

@RonsTrainsNThings 4 месяца назад

Thanks. Much appreciated.

@bobainsworth5057 4 месяца назад

Looks just great. Thanks for the offset idea.

@daleshipman7139 4 месяца назад

Excellent video once again Ron.

@Z-Man1973 4 месяца назад

Hi Ron! This is a great video. I appreciate the methods you used make the stock corn fields look realistic. I'm definitely going to try this for a corn field we're building on our of our modules. I also like your production methodology. It's engaging and definitely holds my interest. One of the great things is that techniques you're showing apply to any scale of modeling. Thank you again for your videos. Keep them coming!

@RonsTrainsNThings 4 месяца назад

Thank you and good luck on your corn field.

@wedelacresdepottrains9060 4 месяца назад

And if you hold the base and twist the stalks on the perimeter rows your realism improves immensely.

@RonsTrainsNThings 4 месяца назад

I tried that but they wouldn't stay twisted.

@chadportenga7858 4 месяца назад

Those plastic crops turned out much better than I would have expected!

@RonsTrainsNThings 4 месяца назад

Thank you. I look forward to finishing off the whole field.

@flavxer7345 4 месяца назад

Looks great!

@kavemanthewoodbutcher 4 месяца назад

My daughter, Kathryn, who is six years old, enjoys every minute of your content, Ron. There's such things as chisel type blades for hobby knives. They make chores like freeing the tops of those corn stalks much easier than a standard blade.

@RonsTrainsNThings 4 месяца назад

I'm so glad she enjoys the videos. I have a 4 year old cousin who loves them too. Yes, I have chisel (#17) blades and just didn't think to use them.👍🏼

@odeooo16 4 месяца назад

Great to see you cranking out some content again!!!

@RonsTrainsNThings 4 месяца назад

Thanks. It feels good to me to be back at it as well. 👍🏼

@goforitpainting 4 месяца назад

Really cool. 👍

@Ine3220 4 месяца назад

Love it!

@rjl110919581 4 месяца назад

THANK YOU FOR VIDEO

@traintools585 4 месяца назад

I've lived on and around farms all my life in Wisconsin and Iowa. The one thing that sticks out to me is the corners, farmers always plant the edge of the field first in one continuous trip so the end rows should turn and be a rounded corners. Maybe I'm nitpicking, once on the layout I'm sure most people won't notice, otherwise great job.

@jhoodfysh 4 месяца назад

That was fun to watch. It was quite the project, and looks great.

@pacificcoastminiatures 4 месяца назад

Looking great! It still does look a bit too uniform but at least better than the stock kit.

@RonsTrainsNThings 4 месяца назад

I tried twisting various stalks, but they wouldn't stay twisted.

@flagman515 4 месяца назад

Fantastic looking! The tassels and dirt really make for good realism. You pointed out one important item when you were cutting out the rows and coloring the tassels. Patience and taking you time to do the project really pay off in the end. It is too easy to want to jump in and get a project done only to find out the finished project does not look anywhere near what you want. Thanks Ron. Keep up the good work!

@RonsTrainsNThings 4 месяца назад

Thanks. I appreciate your kind words. 👍🏼👍🏼

@andrewlaverghetta715 4 месяца назад

Hmm this is interesting. I think you’ve spruced it up pretty well. I’d need to look at actual corn some more, but I feel like I’d want to do some very slight dry brushing on the ends of the stalks. Maybe I’d spray the whole thing ground-brown to get the geound, mask off the bottoms on the sides, and spraying the green on the stalks at an angle that doesn’t let as much get on the ground. THEN the dry brush. Maybe do any touch ups at the end once it’s all glued together. If this wouldn’t work you can tell me, I’m relatively new, this was the thought that came to my mind, but I probably wouldn’t have thought of it I’d you hadn’t done this version first.

@IMRROcom 4 месяца назад

Chisel blade maybe, for a press and cut?

@RonsTrainsNThings 4 месяца назад

That would work.

@jbmorrow5390 4 месяца назад

That worked GREAT - Nowo you can tackle a corn maze! MR Theme?

@RonsTrainsNThings 4 месяца назад

I actually thought of that as I was working on this

@jbmorrow5390 4 месяца назад

Great minds!@@RonsTrainsNThings

@Mike__B 4 месяца назад

Great job making it look quite plain into something with a bit more color. That said, pointing out the maybe not obvious, corn is usually not visible while it's still growing, at most there is a tuft of silk husk from each individual corn poking out of it's green protective sheath the color of that varies from a light green to slightly tan depending on level of dried out it is.

@RonsTrainsNThings 4 месяца назад

I didn't paint the corn, I painted the tassels...way before corn has formed.

@Mike__B 4 месяца назад

@@RonsTrainsNThings well perfect then!

@RonsTrainsNThings 4 месяца назад

🤣

@IMRROcom 4 месяца назад

0:51 What-A-Burger 32oz of fuzzy goodness

@RonsTrainsNThings 4 месяца назад

Lol, yes, that was mine.🤣

@user-sv4pj5jl8n 4 месяца назад

If you build it, they will come.

@RonsTrainsNThings 4 месяца назад

🤣🤣🤣 Funny thing is I am planning a baseball field near here as well. 👍🏼👍🏼

@user-sv4pj5jl8n 4 месяца назад

Life imitating fiction. Will the 1919 White Sox's emerge from the corn?

@thefatguyjj 4 месяца назад

I'm also doing a field of dreams n scale field! Great information, thanks Ron!

@gerlandkent6377 4 месяца назад

👍

@YADNUM8967 4 месяца назад

I leave here in Kansas. I would like to buy stuff from Midwest Hobbies but things are not in stock. and they have no Scale trains

@RonsTrainsNThings 4 месяца назад

Scale Trains do no sell through hobby shops. They only sell direct via their own Web site in the US.

@YADNUM8967 3 месяца назад

@@RonsTrainsNThings Lombard Hobbies and Hiawatha Hobbies do. So why not Midwest Hobbies?

@RonsTrainsNThings 3 месяца назад

As I said, Scale Trains has only a small handful of shops that they sell through, but they prefer to sell direct through their own website. They will not do business with the vast majority of shops, including Midwest. It is fairly common knowledge that they operate this way.

@alweinhofer5453 4 месяца назад

Other manufacturers such as JTT products sell much more realistic looking corn without all the tedious work.

@RonsTrainsNThings 4 месяца назад

First, JTT doesn't produce N scale corn. Second, a JTT cornfield half this size in HO scale would cost well over $350. Third, model building, which you called tedious work, is part of the hobby, and especially so in N scale. It's kind of what I signed up for.

@brianpugh2656 4 месяца назад

#HeDidTheMath. Lol

@SFCRambo60 4 месяца назад

I think I will use craft color paper so not see the white.

@RonsTrainsNThings 4 месяца назад

That's a good idea if it could possibly be seen. In this case it will be buried in Sculptamold.

@blueridgebonsai9155 4 месяца назад

Ron, I recently left a comment on another video about your lights and included my email address in case you wanted to contact me directly however it appears you just deleted the question and ignored it. I was seriously interested in these lights but I guess you thought I was trolling you-Larry

@RonsTrainsNThings 4 месяца назад

I don't know what question you are referring to, I haven't deleted any such comment, but if it included a link or email address, RU-vid automatically witholds those comments in a spam filter. You can ask here or email me at the email address in the description.

@blueridgebonsai9155 4 месяца назад

@@RonsTrainsNThings Probably got stuck in the “Held for review” folder. The RU-vid filters have apparently gotten more aggressive about removing content with emails hidden in them even of it is disguised phonetically.