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

Brother, you have some patience! Great job!

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

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

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

Great video and advice. I envy your patience and skill

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.

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

@RonsTrainsNThings

5 ай бұрын

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

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

@RonsTrainsNThings

5 ай бұрын

Sometimes tedious is necessary for quality detailed results.

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!

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

@RonsTrainsNThings

5 ай бұрын

Thanks, Jimmy. 👍🏼

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

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

@RonsTrainsNThings

5 ай бұрын

Thanks, Mike. Always good to hear from you.

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

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

@RonsTrainsNThings

5 ай бұрын

I tried that but they wouldn't stay twisted.

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 ай бұрын

Yes, I'm working on it currently.

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

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

@RonsTrainsNThings

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Joe

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 ай бұрын

Thanks, Chuck. Glad to have you aboard.

Looks just great. Thanks for the offset idea.

If you build it, they will come.

@RonsTrainsNThings

5 ай бұрын

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

@user-sv4pj5jl8n

5 ай бұрын

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

@thefatguyjj

4 ай бұрын

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

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

5 ай бұрын

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

Excellent video once again Ron.

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

@RonsTrainsNThings

5 ай бұрын

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

THANK YOU FOR VIDEO

Looks great!

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

@RonsTrainsNThings

5 ай бұрын

Thanks. Much appreciated.

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

5 ай бұрын

Thank you and good luck on your corn field.

Love it!

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

@RonsTrainsNThings

5 ай бұрын

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

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

5 ай бұрын

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

Really cool. 👍

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

5 ай бұрын

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.👍🏼

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

@RonsTrainsNThings

5 ай бұрын

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

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.

Chisel blade maybe, for a press and cut?

@RonsTrainsNThings

5 ай бұрын

That would work.

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

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.

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

@RonsTrainsNThings

5 ай бұрын

I actually thought of that as I was working on this

@jbmorrow5390

5 ай бұрын

Great minds!@@RonsTrainsNThings

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

5 ай бұрын

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

@Mike__B

5 ай бұрын

@@RonsTrainsNThings well perfect then!

@RonsTrainsNThings

5 ай бұрын

🤣

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

5 ай бұрын

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

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

@RonsTrainsNThings

5 ай бұрын

Lol, yes, that was mine.🤣

👍

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

@RonsTrainsNThings

5 ай бұрын

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.

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 ай бұрын

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

@YADNUM8967

4 ай бұрын

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

@RonsTrainsNThings

4 ай бұрын

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.

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

@RonsTrainsNThings

5 ай бұрын

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

#HeDidTheMath. Lol

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

5 ай бұрын

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, KZread automatically witholds those comments in a spam filter. You can ask here or email me at the email address in the description.

@blueridgebonsai9155

5 ай бұрын

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