How to make excellent trees in 30 seconds !

[ukguy]

Hello to all,
as I have learned so much here in the last 3 months I have decided to share some of that back into the forum. After following aggrojones instructions on making pine trees (which I am extremely happy with) I still needed some variety. In my quest I scoured many sources online and in the real world and finally found the answer in my next door neighbours back yard. This is a pic of one of the trees I made, they are extremely easy and only take about 30 seconds eah to make !!! and they cost pretty much nothing.
I have put the 3 step instructions on my web page at :-

www.geocities.com/karltrain/makingtrees



I hope this helps some people out there and once again thanks to all the people who share their knowledge in the forums.

Karl.

[mgruber]

KARL, YOUR WEB SITE WON'T OPEN. WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE INFO. THANKS, MIKE

[ukguy]

Appologies to all, the website couldnt handle the traffic so I have just built a new web site. the address is:-

www.geocities.com/karltrain

[Anonymous]

Still NG, exceeded bandwidth.

[tstage]

Open an account with Shutterfly or Railimages.com or some other FREE website and post them there. I'm interested in seeing them...

Tom

[Anonymous]

Where's aggrojones instructions on pine trees?

TIA
scada

[tstage]

Karl,

Nice job on the trees! Are you going to keep that link for a while? I may want to refer back to it at a later time.

Tom

[Anonymous]

Looks good Karl,

I've been making forests full of trees using poly fiber but the results are dense balls of foliage. It's ok for the background but trees like yours are excellent for fore-ground trees.

Wayne

[TurboOne]

Clicked on both links, and the allotment is exceeded. I will check back later an see what we can see.

30 second trees, I gotta see this !!!!! [:)]

Tim

[northern_blues]

Me, neither.

Now, can I train my collie to make them for me? I'm gonna need hundreds of 'em.

I need both pines and deciduous. And a way to make them quickly.

[bogp40]

Karl,
Great job on the trees, have copied it to use for future use in a clinic. Will go along great with some other methods for pine and broadleafs. The water on your river looks like you could get wet touching it. Was it done with the Woodland Scenics newer pour on w/ water effects? Bob K.

[mgruber]

Nice job Karl. Now I have to find a berry bush.

[dwRavenstar]

Deciduous trees can be made quickly and cheaply by:
1. Gather some tree or heavy plant roots (cleaned up somewhat)
2. Mix several green shades of Woodland Scenics fine foam in a coffee can (with lid)
3. Make small balls of WS green stretch ground cover
4. Spray ball with cheap hairspray and toss it in the can for a 30 second shake
5. Stretch the coated ball over the "limbs" of your plant root
6. Spray with a finish coat of hair spray
7. Place on your layout after touching up with washes etc. till you're satisfied with the look.

Good luck and have fun with it!!

Dave (dwRavenstar)

[ukguy]

Thanks to all for the kind words, I hope it will help some of you out.

Robert, the water isnt done yet, all I have done is painted and toned the area where the water will go and then sealed it with high gloss polyeurothane, it looks good in the photos but when you are there it lacks depth. I will be pouring epoxy over this base(when I finally finish my first scratchbuilding, a small fishing pier and bait shop)

Scadaman, the link for aggrojones pinetrees is :-

http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?page=1&TOPIC_ID=26674

they are great looking and easy to do, also dirt cheap.

the link will stay 'live' but if I do move it to a better host site I will place a link on the original page for anyone interested.

have fun.

[Anonymous]

Great trees! Shows what a little creativity can do!

I make my trees from local weeds and just spray with 3M spray adhesive and sprinkle with various colors and sizes of ground foam. I can make lots of trees in a short time too! Click on the link in my signature for pics.

[ukguy]

Thanks to tstage I have put the pictures and instructions on to shutter fly.

http://share.shutterfly.com/osi.jsp?i=EeAtGLlo2ct3Ag¬ag=1

have fun.

[Anonymous]

Karl,

The branches you are using come from the Nandina plant... other wise known on the west coast as "heavenly bamboo". They do make good looking trees.

[SpaceMouse]

I tried the technique experimenting with local dead bushes that are around in winter. Some looked really good. Other's well...

Now we know which to get. But hey 20 trees in about 10 minutes.