Hi @DeafAviator - Its some dio technique that i took over from the railroad folks. This has been my standard base for taking pics of a/c on turfs. Pretty simple and easy.
Here are a few work-in-progress photos. Hope this helps!
Getting Started
- Styrofoam base. I taped some masking tape on the edges so to get a nice border
- Turf materials which you can buy at your local railroad shop. I bought two types.
- Some very fine sand. different colors are preferred.
- Some fine saw dust. also in different colors.
- White glue, a container to dilute the glue in water
- Ice cream stick to stir the glue.
-mesh, to help filter the saw dust and fine sand.
Shake it
I kept a few plastic bags of sand in different colors. This one is a light yellow color. I used a mesh for cooking to make sure that I get only the finest grain.
Completed
Here is the completed turf. I did not want to make my turf looking like a soccer field, so I mixed the groundwork up with different colors of sand, and sawdust.
Works with 1/72
Here is a different angle with a 1/72 P-47D ‘Razorback’ Thunderbolt. You can see the turf’s coverage and thickness.
