Rather than a bamboo skewer construction, I thought styrene rods would glue together strong enough to allow me to wind sewing thread around each of the cross beams. I found some likely coloured thread within the household sewing kit so I would not need to colour it. By gluing on the upturned leftover sprues (from all of my other 'plastics' ) , I could achieve a regular spacing with the upright poles firmly attached to the base with the length of the sprue and not individual poles, thus ensuring a stronger bond when glued to the base cardboard.
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| The white portion is yet unpainted as it will form part of the basing. |