I've been looking for something that I can use as a wheat field but so far I've come up blank. I've tried the cut-up wig cigar roll but that seems to make great grass clumps but not upright wheat stalks. And so far there hasn't been any ready-made mats I've found.  Anyone have some insights into making an N-Scale field?

I did find Busch HO 1204 Wheat Field. Would that be too tall for N-scale use?

I just purchased a Woodland Scenics kit composed entirely of metal castings. Some of the parts are quite rough and will need extensive filing. Then while watching "How It's Made" on TV, I see that manufacturers place metal parts in tubs with ceramic stones to deburr and polish them. I began to wonder if I could place the metal castings in a can of fine sand and agitate them to accomplish the same thing or do you think it would be too much? I thought of a can of fine sand agitated by an orbital sander. The soil in my back yard is very sandy, finer than beach sand.

I would love to find some sort of 1920's airplane in HO scale--has anyone ever seen anything like that, ir is that a (FAR future) scratch build project?