I have an area on my layout approximately 3' x 1' 6" which I would like to use for farmland including a farmhouse, out-buildings, animals and maybe some machinery working in the fields. Now I know that fields are all  different in size, but what would you recommend for the average sized field?

Thanks
Rob

the  more little  fields  you  have  the  better  they will look!

hedges between the  fields   need  lots of  diff  types of  trees / bushes!!

you  can make  a good  ploughed  field with  string  covered with a  fireash / glue/ paint  mix

Quote from: fisherman on May 14, 2012, 08:22:20 PM

you  can make  a good  ploughed  field with  string  covered with a  fireash / glue/ paint  mix

I would have thought a plough would be better       

ah no....
cos  you  fall into  the  trap...

an make a  ploughed  field....  an  put a  trattor an a  plough on it...

then  realise  that half  the  field should  be unploughed....

coff..

Some lovely pics of farmland there 'Fisherman' and the ploughed fields idea is great!

Staying on the same theme, if anyone knows where I can purchase some modern day tractors, machinery etc I would be grateful.

Rob

well even the smallest field is going to have its shortest dimension of at least half a furlong- about 100m or 110 yards

thats 2 foot 2 in English old money converted into 1:148 isnt it?

and thats the shortest dimension

soooo maybe let artistic license roam free

I believe the dark coloured corrugated paper you get in choccy boxes is good for ploughed fields

Quote from: newportnobby on May 14, 2012, 09:25:17 PM
I believe the dark coloured corrugated paper you get in choccy boxes is good for ploughed fields

That's the best excuse I've heard yet for buying some chocs! Mmmmm