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Regular poster 151 posts VSOTTO Regular poster 151 posts
VSOTTO

Good morning everyone.  I have recently been experimenting with different ways to make trees. 

My goal is for them to look realistic and be economical.  I wanted to share my first results/experiments and ask for some feedback.

I've been examining 1:1 trees and honestly they look really ugly - nothing at like the prefect symmetric pictures you have in your minds eye.  But bunch them together, and they start to look like a forest.  With that in mind, I'm pretty happy with my results. 

So, what do ya think?  Would you use these on your layout? 

Also, if there's interest, I can show a how-to photos as well. 

 
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VSOTTO Regular poster 151 posts
VSOTTO

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VSOTTO Regular poster 151 posts
VSOTTO

Some more photos...   Here

Some more photos...51051407.jpg 

Here are a couple of the individual trees.  They are about 3" tall. 

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Will_Annand Super User 1,290 posts
Will_Annand

Looking good

Those look really good VSOTTO, yes please I would love to see your "How-To".

 

Will Annand

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sams Active Member 88 posts
sams

I'm not ready yet for scenery

I'm not ready yet for scenery but it would be nice to know how you made these. They do look good.

Sam
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David Husman dave1905 MRH Author 9,788 posts
David Husman dave1905

Goldenrod weeds

I like goldenrod weeds, they have an irregular form I like.  The thing that stands out on your trees are the very regular branch structure.  On the other hand I'm modeling deciduous trees and you might be doing conifers that have a more regular branch structure.  I like the open lacy look of your trees.

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TomO Prolific poster 1,238 posts
TomO

Go for it

I am always looking for new ways to make trees. I make my own wire armature trees as I wanted trees to stand above the trains. I use a method similar to Luke Towen methods but am open to other ways. Of the 291 trees so far on the layout 245 are self made. 

So go for it, put your method out here.

Tom

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mdlafond Regular poster 104 posts
mdlafond

Yes, please

Just starting doing trees, looking for something cheap, easy, and good looking.  Especially conifers.
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VSOTTO Regular poster 151 posts
VSOTTO

Tree structures

Dave,  I intended these to represent pine trees, as there are many pine forests/groves near where I live. 

I have also experimented using other things as the branch structure, including some golden rod.  Yours look great. 
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laming Super User 3,956 posts
laming

Conifers

Yes, I would be interested in learning what/how you're doing. The armatures you're using looks as if they could make convincing pine trees for the types of pines in the region I'll be modeling.

Thanks.

Andre
Kansas City & Gulf: Ozark Subdivision, Autumn of 1964
 
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Pennsy_Nut Prolific poster 3,616 posts
Pennsy_Nut

More info.

Yes, you are doing a fantastic job. Show more. Show on layout. Give more details on how you make them. I am a very long way from scenery, but will be needing trees. Very few. How about Mesquite?

Morgan Bilbo, DCS50, UR93, UT4D, SPROG IIv4, JMRI. PRR 1952.
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RangerRyan Active Member 66 posts
RangerRyan

Good open structure, trees

Good open structure, trees are mostly air, it all depends on the species...those would do well for some pines as is.
R-R

Modeling western desert railroads in HO-scale (Std, HOn3, HOn30, Hon2), in residency at Beatty, NV Museum & Historical Society.
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