Flower Power - Making flowers in 1/35

[Dave Diaz]

Hello once again.

For this article I will show one technique that has worked for me to make flowers in 1/35 scale.

Dave's Trick # 7

Making Flowers

Flowers are one of the most difficult things to replicate in 1/35. Over the years I have tried almost everything from commercially available products to using the real thing and nothing seem to work.
Then one day while I was looking at a stamping press at work I came up with an idea.

So… it started with a 2.35 mm brass rod. The length is not as important but try keeping it between 25 mm and 30 mm.

Using a triangular file I made some grooves all along the circumference of the rod.

Here is a close up of how it looks. Now you have your own “flower punch”.

Once this was done I used a punch & die set and some 0.10 mm plastic sheet. Using the brass rod I punched out some flowers.

This is how they look.

I then used a round file to push the center so they don’t look flat.

Here are some ready to be used.

Here is a complete flower arrangement. The cloth is made of green putty.

And here is the painted arrangement.

I hope this tip will be useful. Thanks for looking.

Dave

 

[grumpyoldman]

Pretty neat tip.
I'll have to give it a try.

 

[jknaus]

That's pretty nifty. If you glued 2 together overlapping and pressed down from on top your punch board I wonder if you could make tulips or something??
James

 

[Jenny Croft]

What a cool tip and thank you for the lovely flowers

Jenny :kiss: