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Several days ago we were shown a photo of a corn field track-side.? I also had thoughts of something similar so I bought some etched brass versions in HO.? I put them aside as I put some thought into the scene--I guess it's been a dozen years but the corn still hasn't been planted!?

So a few days ago I unearthed the two etched sheets.? The supplier,? Alkem talks about 'planting' the stalks by rows,? It seems they are HO and perhaps a bit short for even that scale.? It does take some addition work to refine things to make them acceptable.? The retail was $13 for two sheets so my patch would also be small--maybe just enough for small batch of Moon Shine!? I remember some discussions regarding the seed suppliers indicating smaller stalks translating into larger ears.? I haven't picked any corn in many years so if you have some acreage devoted to corn--help me/us!? Scan is attached.

Bob Werre

PS? The primary freight on Len Giovannoli"s Kentucky layout was named "The Revenuer"? as he had come from sour mash country!

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I don’t see any ears on those stalks, so short might be fine. ?“Knee high by the Fourth of July” used to be the refrain.

On Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 1:20?PM Bob Werre via <bob=[email protected]> wrote:

Several days ago we were shown a photo of a corn field track-side.? I also had thoughts of something similar so I bought some etched brass versions in HO.? I put them aside as I put some thought into the scene--I guess it's been a dozen years but the corn still hasn't been planted!?

So a few days ago I unearthed the two etched sheets.? The supplier,? Alkem talks about 'planting' the stalks by rows,? It seems they are HO and perhaps a bit short for even that scale.? It does take some addition work to refine things to make them acceptable.? The retail was $13 for two sheets so my patch would also be small--maybe just enough for small batch of Moon Shine!? I remember some discussions regarding the seed suppliers indicating smaller stalks translating into larger ears.? I haven't picked any corn in many years so if you have some acreage devoted to corn--help me/us!? Scan is attached.

Bob Werre

PS? The primary freight on Len Giovannoli"s Kentucky layout was named "The Revenuer"? as he had come from sour mash country!
 

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Sweet corn. ?Sweet corn stays pretty short.
Steve Lunde

On Jun 27, 2024, at 12:20, Bob Werre <bob@...> wrote:

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Several days ago we were shown a photo of a corn field track-side.? I also had thoughts of something similar so I bought some etched brass versions in HO.? I put them aside as I put some thought into the scene--I guess it's been a dozen years but the corn still hasn't been planted!?

So a few days ago I unearthed the two etched sheets.? The supplier,? Alkem talks about 'planting' the stalks by rows,? It seems they are HO and perhaps a bit short for even that scale.? It does take some addition work to refine things to make them acceptable.? The retail was $13 for two sheets so my patch would also be small--maybe just enough for small batch of Moon Shine!? I remember some discussions regarding the seed suppliers indicating smaller stalks translating into larger ears.? I haven't picked any corn in many years so if you have some acreage devoted to corn--help me/us!? Scan is attached.

Bob Werre

PS? The primary freight on Len Giovannoli"s Kentucky layout was named "The Revenuer"? as he had come from sour mash country!

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If it's only knee high, the farmer's in trouble. Sweet corn is shorter than feed corn. Also has light green tassels rather than reddish. Each stalk has one ear generally.

Former employee of DeKalb Ag.

On Jun 27, 2024 at 12:24 PM, Ted Zanders via groups.io <trzp1800@...> wrote:

I don’t see any ears on those stalks, so short might be fine. ?“Knee high by the Fourth of July” used to be the refrain.

On Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 1:20?PM Bob Werre via <bob=[email protected]> wrote:

Several days ago we were shown a photo of a corn field track-side.? I also had thoughts of something similar so I bought some etched brass versions in HO.? I put them aside as I put some thought into the scene--I guess it's been a dozen years but the corn still hasn't been planted!?

So a few days ago I unearthed the two etched sheets.? The supplier,? Alkem talks about 'planting' the stalks by rows,? It seems they are HO and perhaps a bit short for even that scale.? It does take some addition work to refine things to make them acceptable.? The retail was $13 for two sheets so my patch would also be small--maybe just enough for small batch of Moon Shine!? I remember some discussions regarding the seed suppliers indicating smaller stalks translating into larger ears.? I haven't picked any corn in many years so if you have some acreage devoted to corn--help me/us!? Scan is attached.

Bob Werre

PS? The primary freight on Len Giovannoli"s Kentucky layout was named "The Revenuer"? as he had come from sour mash country!
 


Shortstalks in small area sounds like sweet corn patch. ?

Short stalks can also be mid summer before corn reaches full height?

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Hi Bob. MR had an article many years ago on using the photo etched corn. Because you only get a few square inches of the brass stalks, the author painted a suggestion of corn on the backdrop and then planted two rows of the 3D corn in front. By using the corn in a long row instead of a small patch, the overall effect was very realistic.

Jim Martin


On Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 1:20?PM Bob Werre via <bob=[email protected]> wrote:

Several days ago we were shown a photo of a corn field track-side.? I also had thoughts of something similar so I bought some etched brass versions in HO.? I put them aside as I put some thought into the scene--I guess it's been a dozen years but the corn still hasn't been planted!?

So a few days ago I unearthed the two etched sheets.? The supplier,? Alkem talks about 'planting' the stalks by rows,? It seems they are HO and perhaps a bit short for even that scale.? It does take some addition work to refine things to make them acceptable.? The retail was $13 for two sheets so my patch would also be small--maybe just enough for small batch of Moon Shine!? I remember some discussions regarding the seed suppliers indicating smaller stalks translating into larger ears.? I haven't picked any corn in many years so if you have some acreage devoted to corn--help me/us!? Scan is attached.

Bob Werre

PS? The primary freight on Len Giovannoli"s Kentucky layout was named "The Revenuer"? as he had come from sour mash country!
 

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Yes Jim, that seems like the way to go.? Unless one could copy the brass versions, make several copies a bit taller from thin plastic using punch type affair!? Just thinking out loud!

A 'past-on' local HO modeler, Mike Spoor once used some Astro-turf for his corn field that at the time looked reasonable to me.? (Mike edited and published several books on the CB&Q)? However I haven't seen the layout in several years, if it still survives!? , With that being said there's probably some other row crop that might be better using that same material? The Astro-turf, used to be sold at typical builder's mart in 12' wide rolls? as indoor/outdoor carpet--other versions use a much larger turf as smaller doormats.?

Bob Werre
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Hi Bob. MR had an article many years ago on using the photo etched corn. Because you only get a few square inches of the brass stalks, the author painted a suggestion of corn on the backdrop and then planted two rows of the 3D corn in front. By using the corn in a long row instead of a small patch, the overall effect was very realistic.

Jim Martin

On Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 1:20?PM Bob Werre via <bob=[email protected]> wrote:

Several days ago we were shown a photo of a corn field track-side.? I also had thoughts of something similar so I bought some etched brass versions in HO.? I put them aside as I put some thought into the scene--I guess it's been a dozen years but the corn still hasn't been planted!?

So a few days ago I unearthed the two etched sheets.? The supplier,? Alkem talks about 'planting' the stalks by rows,? It seems they are HO and perhaps a bit short for even that scale.? It does take some addition work to refine things to make them acceptable.? The retail was $13 for two sheets so my patch would also be small--maybe just enough for small batch of Moon Shine!? I remember some discussions regarding the seed suppliers indicating smaller stalks translating into larger ears.? I haven't picked any corn in many years so if you have some acreage devoted to corn--help me/us!? Scan is attached.

Bob Werre

PS? The primary freight on Len Giovannoli"s Kentucky layout was named "The Revenuer"? as he had come from sour mash country!
 

The recent thread on "JTT Corn" said they have "O" and "HO" and the "HO" is perhaps oversized.

I could find three MR articles about cornfields.? The astro turf and brass mentioned, and a plastic molded one.

Here they are with a photo from each article.

April 1993, pp 120-121 "An 'amaizing' way to model cornfields" (Uses artificial-turf doormat)

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June 2002, pp 62-63 "Make your own brass cornfield" (Uses Alkem Scale Models HO-CR HO scale corn rows)

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September 2006, pp 40-42 "Add a cornfield to your layout" (Uses Busch's plastic cornfield kit no. 1202)

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Charles E. "Chuck" Kinzer





On Friday, June 28, 2024 at 04:33:56 AM PDT, Jim & Cheryl Martin <themartins@...> wrote:


Hi Bob. MR had an article many years ago on using the photo etched corn. Because you only get a few square inches of the brass stalks, the author painted a suggestion of corn on the backdrop and then planted two rows of the 3D corn in front. By using the corn in a long row instead of a small patch, the overall effect was very realistic.

Jim Martin


On Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 1:20?PM Bob Werre via <bob=[email protected]> wrote:

Several days ago we were shown a photo of a corn field track-side.? I also had thoughts of something similar so I bought some etched brass versions in HO.? I put them aside as I put some thought into the scene--I guess it's been a dozen years but the corn still hasn't been planted!?

So a few days ago I unearthed the two etched sheets.? The supplier,? Alkem talks about 'planting' the stalks by rows,? It seems they are HO and perhaps a bit short for even that scale.? It does take some addition work to refine things to make them acceptable.? The retail was $13 for two sheets so my patch would also be small--maybe just enough for small batch of Moon Shine!? I remember some discussions regarding the seed suppliers indicating smaller stalks translating into larger ears.? I haven't picked any corn in many years so if you have some acreage devoted to corn--help me/us!? Scan is attached.

Bob Werre

PS? The primary freight on Len Giovannoli"s Kentucky layout was named "The Revenuer"? as he had come from sour mash country!
 

I got my corn plants from Scenic Express.? They are plastic.? Here's the overall backdrop scene on my erstwhile NYW&B.? A close-up follows.? That's a cow in the cornfield...

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Dick Karnes, MMR

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