| alan L | 19 Jan 2013 4:15 p.m. PST |
Aside from the Pegasus banana plant models, are there any banana plants or rubber trees suitable for 28mm to fill out cultivated areas in a Vietnam game? The Pegasus are 1/72 and the largest appears to be 2.5" high. Accoring to Wikipedia, banana plants are some 6m high which would make the Pegasus models way under-scale for 28mm. Any suggestions would be appreicated. Alan |
 Doms Decals  | 19 Jan 2013 4:35 p.m. PST |
I'd love to hear some rubber tree suggestions – still trying to avoid scratch-building them in 15mm for Nam and WWII far east games. |
| shelldrake | 19 Jan 2013 5:37 p.m. PST |
I purchased some banana plants for my Vietnam games from Hoard O Bits: hoardobits.com Do a search on the site for "Banana" and you will find them with ease. The trees are not huge, but they are taller than a 28mm figure; anything from 1 cm to 2 cm taller than my figures. |
| Sergeant Paper | 19 Jan 2013 7:47 p.m. PST |
Banana 'trees' are watery* stems made of rolled-up leaves, I seriously doubt most get all the way to 6m tall – all of ours grow to about 3m tall. *wet enough that they can harbor mosquitos in them. edit> Nope, looking at the wiki I see I was forgetting the length of the leaves sticking up. I guess they do get up to 6m overall. |
| jeffbird | 20 Jan 2013 4:00 a.m. PST |
@Shelldrake,
Thanks for that link, very very useful. Jeff |
| Skeptic | 20 Jan 2013 6:05 a.m. PST |
Have you considered using Pegasus leaves on scratch-built trunks? |
| snurl1 | 20 Jan 2013 7:49 a.m. PST |
Just build up the base beneath the Pegasus trunks and hide it with other foliage. |
| alan L | 20 Jan 2013 10:11 a.m. PST |
Thanks for all the helpful replies. Alan |
| jpattern2 | 20 Jan 2013 10:22 a.m. PST |
The Hoard O Bits parts that Shelldrake linked to are the Pegasus banana plants parts, sold separately. Not a new product, but still handy. |
| jeffbird | 06 Mar 2013 7:27 a.m. PST |
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| alan L | 06 Mar 2013 1:47 p.m. PST |
Jeff, Thanks for the pointer. Anyone any idea what currency the products are displayed in? |
| jeffbird | 06 Mar 2013 2:15 p.m. PST |
I've sent an e-mail to find out how much they are. Think they are from Korea.
As soon as i get a reply, i'll let you know. |
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