Looks Good....What product?

Mike:

The trees look good.   What specific product did you use for the coating?

Thanks!

Atwater St looks good

Nice trees Mike! Please do tell us how make more. 

BTW, I've moved back to Grand Junction.

Those are some narley lookin' trees

my friend.  I like the root system you added to the last picture.  It appears that you spliced in some natural plant material for the final smaller branches.  What did you use for the leaves ?  I have an old battery cable that I might cut up seeing as yours turned out so nice.

Great trees, mike. Do you

Great trees, mike. Do you still need the flexibility after they have found their place on the layout? I ask because from watching (and enjoying!) your videos I assume you like to go the extra mile for the final impression. That said, if your trees have settled in their final form you could improve their front stage appearance even more. Coat them with a mixture of glue, darkgray paint and - ashes. That results in a very H0 scale like bark texture. A very small amount of drybrushing, and voila. I have to try out the latex coating, great idea! Thanks for sharing & all the best, mike.

Any mold making latex will work.

Chuck,

     I have used Castin Craft Mold Builder and FX latex both of them you can paint on. They dry sort of clear then I paint the trees.

Mike

Thanks Ken

Ken,

    How is Grand Junction, I love going to see that city. I work a few times out at the VA hospital. Have you started a new layout?

Mike

Hey Mike

The  Video is one they way but nothing more then Super trees for the branches and fine ground foam (about 4 colors). 

Looking forward to more pictures of the layout.

Take care my friend.

Mike

Thanks and a good question

Mike,

      I want them to be flexible as I build the trees then fit them into the scene. Also sometimes I place a fill in building till I find or scratch build what i want. By the time I add the super tree armature they might need to be bent to fit better or I don't like what I see. I just gives me a chance to make changes. I built one 3 years ago the one by the gray house. The the flexibility allowed me to move the branch to move around the house better. Video is on way most likely to be seen this coming weekend. (editing it now)

Thanks

Mike

28 gauge wire, latex rubber, paint, dry brush, ground foam ...

The method shown by Luke Towan is foolproof if you follow it exactly, using the same products. I used 28 gauge cloth covered floral wire, Woodland Scenics latex rubber, craft paint, Woodland Scenics ground foam, and scale leaves from Micromark, and was pleased with the results. The true secret to Luke's technique is, in the wire for the "branches," forming side loops and cutting them to make added small armature branches. And, as with all modeling techniques, if this one is new to you, repeated practice will improve your results.

Nice

Nice looking trees.

Joe

Looking forward to your video

Thanks mike for the explanation regarding why you want and keep them flexible. All the best, mike

Nice work

Great trees