Ivy - wall climbing and over-roof spreading.

[Doug Dickson]

Moments before I was about to add this to a thread 'How to do climbing plants?...' I realised the thread was dated 2014...

Anyway, having hoiked the pictures into Photobucket I decided to post it anyway in case it is of interest/informative.



This shows a Woodland Scenic product FC 58 'Foliage Cluster' sliced into very thin layers with a whole Stanley snap-off blade used without a handle. It's an almost rubbery 'lump' of stuff which can be cut very thinly into semi rigid slices. I think it does a good job of imitating the small leaved dark green ivy that grows flat against an exposed surface like a roof. I stick it straight on with Anita's Sticky glue, and when dry, rough up the cut surface with a toothbrush.



This shows another Woodland Scenics product, F51 'Foliage', a loose net-like product that can be pulled out into long thing stringy threads with flock attached. On this buttress I applied it over dried Thyme twigs, having moistened it with neat Roket card glue. To ensure the glue was applied only on the 'underside' I spread a little glue on a small piece of glass and pressed the stretched product down, picking it up with two pairs of tweezers to lay it in place. Several layers later I sprinkled a little of the waste detached flock that inevitably falls off the fine strands of net.

I hope this has helped someone,

Doug

[engerth399]

Yes it has helped, I've been thinking of something along these lines for a building I recently did.

Peter

[Andrew Emery]

Looks great, Doug. Thanks.

Andrew