Palm Trees: The Best Of...

[Rotorranch]

Noch's palm trees don't look bad at all, and come complete with coconuts! [:D]

I got a couple for my store to check out after reading the other palm tree thread.

Rotor

[loathar]

http://www.themodeltreeshop.co.uk/acatalog/index.html
Just found this too.
Google "model train palm trees" Lots of sites there.

[loathar]

Just saw some nice palms made by a Co. called JTT&Partners. Their web site is SceneryProducts.com.Don't know if they sell supplies or just pre-made stuff.

[csmith9474]

QUOTE: Originally posted by swdave

MR ran a story on making palm trees back in the late 60's and to this day their still the best ones i've seen.They where made with wooden dowels witch were scaped up and down with one of Atlas's $2.00 track saw to put in bark detail. Then for the dead leaves that are right below the foilage, they used a heavy jute type string and roughed the ends with the same Atlas saw, they then used Walthers GOO to adtach the string to the top of the tree.They put it on starting on the bottom and working up to just below the top. Then for the green tops he found some fake leaves at a craft store and glued them into the dead foilage at the top of the tree,they looked great.

December, 1968 Model Railroader.

[Anonymous]

MR ran a story on making palm trees back in the late 60's and to this day their still the best ones i've seen.They where made with wooden dowels witch were scaped up and down with one of Atlas's $2.00 track saw to put in bark detail. Then for the dead leaves that are right below the foilage, they used a heavy jute type string and roughed the ends with the same Atlas saw, they then used Walthers GOO to adtach the string to the top of the tree.They put it on starting on the bottom and working up to just below the top. Then for the green tops he found some fake leaves at a craft store and glued them into the dead foilage at the top of the tree,they looked great.

[csmith9474]

You may want to check out this thread, too. There are some great reccomendations here, although it seems not many palms were native to Southern Cali.


http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?page=-1&TOPIC_ID=42424&REPLY_ID=453613#453613

[andrechapelon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by bnsf97

Anybody have any recomendations on palm tree building techniques?
Or any preferences on pre-built palm trees? If you are specific, im looking for palmtrees typical of Southern California. Thnks, Ben Looking for N or HO scale

Check out M-Tec for commercial palms. http://estore.mtec1.com/customer/home.php?cat=9

There have also been articles in MR about building palms, at least one within the last 2-3 years.

http://index.mrmag.com/tm.exe?opt=S&cmdtext=palm+tree&MAG=ANY

Hope this helps.

Andre

[Anonymous]

Anybody have any recomendations on palm tree building techniques?
Or any preferences on pre-built palm trees? If you are specific, im looking for palmtrees typical of Southern California. Thnks, Ben Looking for N or HO scale