How to Make Trees and Shrubs
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OldGettysk
Running the MC & Buffalo
Jos your trees are outstanding as always !!!!!!!!!
grove den
naturally natural trees
fast shrubs
Here is a small "how to" about making these "fast" shrubs/trees.
First take some fibers out of the package and take a piece of floristic wire...
turn the wire around in the midle of that "bunch"of fibers. Just watch carefully and try to "lay"the fibers almost to one direction...
turn the wire that tight so that the fibers are "locked" up.
Now try to give the bunch of fibers the shape of a large shrub or tree by pulling carefuly the fibers to all directions. May be you have to cut some ..just do as you like...
afterwards it could look like this one:
If shape is ok paint the fibers in a natural color. I do this with paint out of a ratllecan.
Adding some small grassfibers with sprayglue and a theesieve...
adding too some , in this case, WS fine turf like weed , green grass or a kind of blended turf with a sieve...( for HO may be coarse turf?)
final results:The truck/ vehicle is in N scale!
a kind of shrub with red leaves...
or green leaves from NOCH:
2 1/2 cm = one inch and leaves from NOCH
last pic of some "big" shrubs on a N scale module...
Jos
Here is a small "how to" about making these "fast" shrubs/trees.
First take some fibers out of the package and take a piece of floristic wire...
turn the wire around in the midle of that "bunch"of fibers. Just watch carefully and try to "lay"the fibers almost to one direction...
turn the wire that tight so that the fibers are "locked" up.
Now try to give the bunch of fibers the shape of a large shrub or tree by pulling carefuly the fibers to all directions. May be you have to cut some ..just do as you like...
afterwards it could look like this one:
If shape is ok paint the fibers in a natural color. I do this with paint out of a ratllecan.
Adding some small grassfibers with sprayglue and a theesieve...
adding too some , in this case, WS fine turf like weed , green grass or a kind of blended turf with a sieve...( for HO may be coarse turf?)
final results:The truck/ vehicle is in N scale!
a kind of shrub with red leaves...
or green leaves from NOCH:
2 1/2 cm = one inch and leaves from NOCH
last pic of some "big" shrubs on a N scale module...
Jos
Poly-fil
Hi Jos,
As with other, I have been following your series on building trees and must say theat theses, by far, are the best, most realistic looking trees I have ever seen!
That said, I have gathered materials to build a test tree, but the only fibers I could find similar to what you have shown was a product called Poly-Fil, which is available from Michaels
http://www.michaels.com/art/online/displayProductPage?productNum=nw0200
I'm hoping these will work...
Best Regards,
Donnell Wells
Hi Jos,
As with other, I have been following your series on building trees and must say theat theses, by far, are the best, most realistic looking trees I have ever seen!
That said, I have gathered materials to build a test tree, but the only fibers I could find similar to what you have shown was a product called Poly-Fil, which is available from Michaels
http://www.michaels.com/art/online/displayProductPage?productNum=nw0200
I'm hoping these will work...
Best Regards,
Donnell Wells
grove den
naturally natural trees
Hi Donnel,
I think those fibers will do the job as well...but , as told/written, you have to cut the fibers in very small pieces and because they are so light( not "heavy") they will , when adding/glueing on the wires=branches cluster easier to each other than the "heavy"ones I use overhere...so you have to remove a litlle bit more of the fibers that were not glued with a tweezer or a brush . If that is done just spray the ( very few fibers!!) in a color that supposed to be a "branche"color of the tree, Than add the fine grass fibers and than the "leaves"...
I know it is easier told/written than done....
here an example of the top of a pinetree with the very "light"fibers I too used in the beginning of my "treecariere"...
wish you lots of succes!
Jos
I think those fibers will do the job as well...but , as told/written, you have to cut the fibers in very small pieces and because they are so light( not "heavy") they will , when adding/glueing on the wires=branches cluster easier to each other than the "heavy"ones I use overhere...so you have to remove a litlle bit more of the fibers that were not glued with a tweezer or a brush . If that is done just spray the ( very few fibers!!) in a color that supposed to be a "branche"color of the tree, Than add the fine grass fibers and than the "leaves"...
I know it is easier told/written than done....
here an example of the top of a pinetree with the very "light"fibers I too used in the beginning of my "treecariere"...
wish you lots of succes!
Jos
Doc Holliday
Gentleman Gambler
Dang, some GREAT looking trees here! Unfortunately I'm modeling the southwest desert so need saguaro cactus, joshua trees and tumble weeds. I know you can buy white metal saguaros, but has anybody ever made any of these?
Doc
Doc
Just an other tree................
could be a kind of pine tree...
detail of the trunk and base/lower parts of the tree:
Jos
Outstanding! You have inspired me to do some logging on my layout... probably some clearcutting.
Cheers!
grove den
naturally natural trees
Hello Dale,
I am not shure where to search /looking for these kind of fibers in the USA...but I hope this makes it a little bit easier for you to find them :
try to look in aquaria shops because they are used as filtermaterial to clean the water.....(the kitchen filterfibers are mostly to thin!)
or order some overhere: they( the fibers) weight almost anything so it wont be that expensive expensive after all! ;-)
here is the link of the company that sells the stuff:
http://www.bloemschik.com/p1750/Deco-Twister-Mocca.aspx
black brown grey green( light and dark) etc etc...
Jos
the "box" with the brown filterfibers is about 10 inches tall..so enough to make some ( 50 or more) trees in HO scale
I am not shure where to search /looking for these kind of fibers in the USA...but I hope this makes it a little bit easier for you to find them :
try to look in aquaria shops because they are used as filtermaterial to clean the water.....(the kitchen filterfibers are mostly to thin!)
or order some overhere: they( the fibers) weight almost anything so it wont be that expensive expensive after all! ;-)
here is the link of the company that sells the stuff:
http://www.bloemschik.com/p1750/Deco-Twister-Mocca.aspx
black brown grey green( light and dark) etc etc...
Jos
the "box" with the brown filterfibers is about 10 inches tall..so enough to make some ( 50 or more) trees in HO scale
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railBuilderDhd
Active Member
I found a scrapper for the grill that had a scrapping pad that is like a furnace filter that looks like it will work good. I'll post photos when I get a sample done with it.
Dave
Dave
railBuilderDhd
Active Member
looks nice, what did you use to glue the materials to the tree?
Dave
Dave
