09-20-2010, 11:46 PM
Rebuilt the screen - the hole in the plastic lid covers less than half the area, but added a full size screen on both sides of the lid. Now we're talking. When the Blaster gets close to the scenery, I can hear a bit of snapping and sizzling as the electrons sing their little song and stand that grass right on up!
Now I am led to an interesting thought. If we attach the probe to a piece of sheetmetal, then put a piece of wax paper over that, then put some small dots of white glue on the wax paper, and then sprinkle the static grass on with the Blaster, we will be making little tufts of grass which, when dry, can be peeled from the wax paper and placed on the layout, in lieu of the expensive grass tufts from Heki or Scenic Express. Experiment tomorrow, but all I have right now is the 1/8" tall grass. Longer is in the mail at the moment, supposed delivery date = wednesday.
Now I am led to an interesting thought. If we attach the probe to a piece of sheetmetal, then put a piece of wax paper over that, then put some small dots of white glue on the wax paper, and then sprinkle the static grass on with the Blaster, we will be making little tufts of grass which, when dry, can be peeled from the wax paper and placed on the layout, in lieu of the expensive grass tufts from Heki or Scenic Express. Experiment tomorrow, but all I have right now is the 1/8" tall grass. Longer is in the mail at the moment, supposed delivery date = wednesday.
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