Grass mats from craft store

trigger1 · Post by **trigger1** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 3:25 pm

I pop into the local Ben Franklin craft store every few weeks to browse. I found some synthetic grass mats in the clearance isle. They were $1.50 each so I grabbed them. No idea what these would be used for..they are woven into a jute backing.

456THBG · Post by **456THBG** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 4:02 pm

Looks like awesome diorama material! Don't have any Ben Franklins in my area...Didn't know any were still around.

Jesse James · Post by **Jesse James** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 5:12 pm

Ben Franklin stores still exist? Damn I miss those. When I was little every town had one.

normandy · Post by **normandy** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 5:30 pm

Wow they look great! I wonder if Michel's or AC Moore sells them.
Looks like it would work with this scale.

immeww2 · Post by **immeww2** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 9:04 pm

That looks good. Beats using the real stuff and having to glue it to a base.

DocTodd · Post by **DocTodd** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 4:46 pm

No Ben Franklin's around here. But cool find. Could imagine a diorama being made using those.
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normandy · Post by **normandy** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 6:11 am

Trigger, do these grass mats have a manufacturers name?

trigger1 · Post by **trigger1** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 7:10 am

Nothing on the mats, but I plan on talking to the floral dept at BF to see if they can help me track them down.

normandy · Post by **normandy** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 7:32 am

Thanks Trigger, I went to AC Moore and couldn't find any. I'll give Micahels a try.

ostketten · Post by **ostketten** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 7:43 am

They'd probably work OK for 1/32 as well if you were doing a Nam' dio and trying to model Elephant Grass, the first pic where it looks kinda wavy and windswept looks kinda like the Elephant Grass pics I've seen where the Cav air assault choppers in Nam' are landing and unloading troops.

normandy · Post by **normandy** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 5:00 am

Went to Michaels on Sunday... no luck, then checked Ben Franklin online couldn't find any reference to this product. If you find anything let us know.

trigger1 · Post by **trigger1** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 5:52 am

Here's what I was able to find. The company that makes them is called Raz Imports Inc. out of Texas. They were used in the Ben Franklin store with Easter displays for years, and may be disontinued. I am going to try calling them when I get some time. Hopefully they can help me out.

normandy · Post by **normandy** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 5:59 pm

Trigger, got the PM.

Thanks, Normandy

normandy · Post by **normandy** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 6:27 pm

Ordered 10 at $5.00.......Shipping $7.00......$57.00 total. Amazon...

I'll see what the email says...........

grunt1 · Post by **grunt1** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 8:32 pm

Cool, keep us posted...

flyboy_fx · Post by **flyboy_fx** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:38 pm

AWESOEM!