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scotchpine Posted - 09/15/2008 : 06:19:49 AM
Actualy this is a reply on a post in a thread in the "crew lounge" and after watching carefuly what is was going about( the : crew lounge") I decided it would be better to put this post overhere...( I think

Poly fibers are just great materials to make the "green stuff" on any layout, O HO or N even Z..
They are made in several colors but I think you mostly have to "paint" those fibers because of the non-natural colors of it
I use the fibers too but I cut them first in very small parts( about 1/2 an inch), collect them in a large ( shoe)box and add /glue them on the frames by praying glue on the outsides of the twigs/branches..than directly after that: add some fine grassfibers at/over the outside of the braches with fibers and last: adding the leafs with a teasieve, like Ws fine turf in N/Z scale or coarse turf for HO scale. Also the leafs from Noch can ce used/glued on the colored fibers..
Any tree can be made by these fibers!
like a (Fagus) beechtree:


or Betula( birch) trees:


shrubs and firtrees:




Jos
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angelanzus Posted - 09/06/2010 : 10:49:42 PM
Very nice Jos. Keep those photos coming please.

Angela
scotchpine Posted - 09/06/2010 : 5:13:29 PM
Thanks Angela!

And indeed I did build , long ago, a small treehouse in a tree on a public layout in Germany ...( http://www.modellbundesbahn.de
Cannot find the picture right now...
Also I made some more small Sequoias and placed them on my "all scale" diorama


Jos
angelanzus Posted - 09/05/2010 : 9:55:12 PM
quote:
Originally posted by MikeM

I think we should extend a challenge to Jos to build a tree with his ideal treehouse nestled in its branches!


Sounds good to me. I have a tree with a treehouse which I built on our layout. O scale of course!

Angela
MikeM Posted - 09/05/2010 : 8:50:12 PM
I think we should extend a challenge to Jos to build a tree with his ideal treehouse nestled in its branches!
angelanzus Posted - 09/05/2010 : 09:46:58 AM
Jos, I LOVE your trees, not only do they look so real, they are such a wonderful size! At last someone who models trees in the correct proportions for the scenery. So many model railroad trees are tiny little scrawny things, your trees have substance and are beautiful.
Thank you for the tutorial - I will HAVE to try to make some trees. I love your deciduous trees - they make me want to climb them and build a tree house!

Angela
Frederic Testard Posted - 09/05/2010 : 05:14:28 AM
Well, while I'm not a specialist either, I would say I like them, especially because of this nice airy foliage so characteristic of your trees.
scotchpine Posted - 09/01/2010 : 2:56:27 PM
Thanks Frederic!!

The last week I was trying to make/modelling some sequoias ...the first ones ever made...still difficult when you cannot watch them close in nature and only have some Pictures to modell the shape, texture and color of the "leaves"....
Lucky me they'll only be used as a kind of background trees

that "thing" in the bottom left corner is part of my pointingfinger...part of it of course

Jos
Frederic Testard Posted - 08/31/2010 : 5:07:16 PM
Very nice, once again, Jos. The color looks great.
scotchpine Posted - 08/31/2010 : 11:17:10 AM
well autumn almost started and the "indian summer" is coming soon!...
european oaktree H0 scale


Jos
MikeM Posted - 08/29/2010 : 11:53:49 PM
I discovered that another source of wire for building trees can be found in the beading area at Michaels; they were out of some of the florist wire I was trying to buy but I found an equivalent beading product. Both the florist and beading wires come in a range of thicknesses, plus there is stem wire which is comparatively rigid.
scotchpine Posted - 08/29/2010 : 2:10:55 PM
Thanks Bob,

btw:

quote:
I will have to see how they work out in a larger scale.

I think there will be no problems...I made some LGB sized trees with the same "technic"...

Jos
sgtbob Posted - 08/27/2010 : 12:32:50 PM
Truely outstanding!! What fantastic trees. I will have to give your methods a try. I will have to see how they work out in a larger scale. I don't see why there should be any problem except for getting too big. Thanks for taking the time to post the tutorial.
Bob
Munch Posted - 08/24/2010 : 10:40:06 PM
Really nice, Jos. I especially like the lower branches on the tree to the right.

Another month...it will start to get cooler outside. That means indoor hobby time again!
Twist wire...carve plaster..etc.
scotchpine Posted - 08/24/2010 : 2:48:44 PM
"Just"some small Abies kind of H0 trees.....infact they need more "labour" than the big ones from about 10 inches!!


btw these trees are max. about 4 inches

Jos
scotchpine Posted - 08/15/2010 : 4:14:02 PM
merci beaucoup Frederic!! =)

Jos

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