"""I figured these are both one in the same to a certain extend, right? """
Techincally "flock" means "short fibres" (or a clump of fibres, hair and so forth) and "technically" only applies to static grass. It is (technically) misused, particularly by wargamers, to refer to scatter materials though.
If you look at the Woodland Scenics website though you will see they call their scatters "turf" and their static grass as "static grass flock".
Incorrect usage of the word flock isnt really a problem though, but its useful to know the difference sometimes especially when ordering online where there are no pictures etc. Model Railroad sites generally keep "flock" to refer to static grass but its still a common problem to see scatter mislabelled as flock – always therefore best to check before ordering if you can't see an image of the product or if it isnt clear what you are buying by the description.
"""Noch = Good stuff!Noch stuff is great. Probably the best stuff out there (that I've found). Having said that, I use WScenics stuff all the time as well. I use WS for big areas (covering game tables, etc) and then noch as the "icing" to really make the table shine.
Noch = Good stuff!"""
Noch actually make (some of the) Woodland Scenics materials just that the WS products are inferior to the actual "Noch" labelled items (by design if you like).
Noch also make materials for Gaugemaster in the UK, so you can buy Noch original materials under the Gaugemaster label cheaper than buying Noch labelled products.
Noch also make the Games Workshop materials such as static grass, trees and so forth.
The best scatter material though is, without doubt, Green Scene scatter. It's ground-latex which is then painted with latex-acrylic paint. Thus its durable, colourfast and UV resistant. Important is the colourfast nature which means it will not leech colour like WS turf, other foam-based scatters and sawdust based scatters.
For us its best benefit though is its resistance to UV colour degredation: WS scatters have gone washed-out within 5 weeks of sitting in sunlight whereas the GS scatters are fine after a year. It's therefore a far superior scatter in all respects.
Noch, Faller and Heki are all superior manufacturers though and whilst less known Faller is probably the best of the lot in overall terms with Heki and Noch making some individual items that are better.
Antenocitis Workshop link
takes another stab at building a more perfect flight stand.