"Hedges from Rubberized Horsehair" Topic
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| Mitch K | 18 Jan 2014 10:43 a.m. PST |
Every battlefield (well pretty much) needs some hedges. I knocked these together using rubberized horsehair on bits of MDF.
Here's the starting material:
and the finished article:
There's more pictures, and a bit of a tutorial over on my blog
link Enjoy! |
IronDuke596  | 18 Jan 2014 11:16 a.m. PST |
A great tutorial many thanks for sharing. The rubberised horsehair is neat idea to create hedges. Anyone in Canada or the States know where to get rubberised horsehair? |
| morrigan | 18 Jan 2014 11:47 a.m. PST |
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| Mitch K | 18 Jan 2014 11:59 a.m. PST |
Iron Duke, I would think Treemendus would be willing to sell you some, but I wonder whether your biggest problem would be the FDA or USDOA  |
| timmmy | 18 Jan 2014 12:45 p.m. PST |
Brian at the Hobby Den in Ireland sells this hair. Its at a good price. thehobbyden.com |
| Mr Canuck | 18 Jan 2014 2:56 p.m. PST |
For IronDuke596 – I found these links: One place in San Fran sells the product: link An Upholstery D.I.Y. outlet in Mississippi link A supplier in New England somewhere (couldn't find exact location) link
It looks to mainly be an Upholstery item, so you might just try contacting Upholstery shops in your area and see if they can sell you some.
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| wrgmr1 | 18 Jan 2014 4:57 p.m. PST |
Nice tutorial, thanks for posting. |
| WeeSparky | 18 Jan 2014 5:59 p.m. PST |
A search for "rubberized hair" finds all kinds of padding and upholstery supplies. |
| zoneofcontrol | 18 Jan 2014 7:46 p.m. PST |
For similar usable products, try looking at furnace/a-c filter material and green cleaning sponges. Both can be found at the various DIY stores. |
| IronDuke596 | 19 Jan 2014 8:22 a.m. PST |
Re Mr Canuck, WeeSparky and zoneofcontrol; thanks for the ideas re sources. |
| KatieL | 19 Jan 2014 2:01 p.m. PST |
If you contact upholstery places, make sure to mention you're after small pieces -- offcuts will be fine. I got loads from a local furniture-restorers because it was material he was going to have to bin otherwise. It comes in sheets several feet on a side and users will typically cut out a couple of "seat" shapes and then can't fit anything else on it and it gets dumped. Whereas even an oddly-shaped square foot is loads for making hedges… |
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worries about not losing his rules stuff.
