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  1. grove den

    How to Make Trees and Shrubs

    Spruce in 1:16 scale for a customer : The lower 1/2 part of the tree made of separate branches glued to a dowel. Branches were already "greened"with fibres. 12, 10 and finaly the needles 2 mm ones. When ready this Norway spruce will be covered with"( a lot of) "snow" so I do not have to bother...
  2. grove den

    How to Make Trees and Shrubs

    Thanks for the explanation Tom!
  3. grove den

    How to Make Trees and Shrubs

    @747flier / Tom: No pictures about your technique ?? : Jos
  4. grove den

    How to Make Trees and Shrubs

    A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! snow fun!
  5. grove den

    How to Make Trees and Shrubs

    like this!.... most of the glue has to be sprayed over /on the ends of the "branches/twigs. If.... there are fibres glued to the trunk or other places that shouldn't just remove them with a stiff cheap small brush dipped in white spirit/terpentine and when dry continue with adding the...
  6. grove den

    How to Make Trees and Shrubs

    @747flier: A static device is not a must to make conifers( fir, spruce etc.) When addi ng fibers by using a strainer!! Not by hand) , for example 12 mm ones a hairblower can blow all the fibres pointing down. The " main" direction of the twigs , using the hairblower, is easily done this...
  7. grove den

    How to Make Trees and Shrubs

    some "new" stuff: H0, 12 cm, tree with multiple trunks: H0 , 16 cm, Oak in spring : Jos
  8. grove den

    How to Make Trees and Shrubs

    @Snowman The wig( fibres) branches are far to thin for drying in/at the right angle(!!) on the trunk! That is why I use the 0,4 mm floristic wires for the "main"branches.... in this case/tree I used no wig fibres but 12 mm fibres first( 1 minute) added 4 mm fibres...( also 1 minute...)...
  9. grove den

    How to Make Trees and Shrubs

    Latest " work"... plus 2 trees " under construction"= only fibres: 15- 20 mm , 12mm and finaly the 4 mm...
  10. grove den

    How to Make Trees and Shrubs

    Well both ...if the type of tree or shrub is "asking" for applying by hand I mostly add these fibres on the tree/shrub upside down... gently strike with some fibres over the top/ends of the wires. These fibres are mostly longer than 1 inch. When using the applicator I recommend only fibres cut...
  11. grove den

    How to Make Trees and Shrubs

    747flier: I try to keep it "simple"....the small twigs/brances are actualy fibres of halloweenwigs! So no "individual"wires. The tall shrub in post #622 has only 3 wires the rest are long- 1 inch max. fibres of a wig.....and of course some smaller fibres like 4 or 2 mm ones before adding the...
  12. grove den

    How to Make Trees and Shrubs

    Thanks Tom! watching his new "FitBit"..........still 15 kilo to go!
  13. grove den

    How to Make Trees and Shrubs

    @747flier: Is was not a mistake....;)( it was what the client asked) overhere( the Alps and Schwarzwald) it is common that larches can be covered with( the first!)snow before they loose their needles...even when they are still a little bit green/yellowish! And yes within 2 weeks they all...
  14. grove den

    How to Make Trees and Shrubs

    Some other kind of trees. More specific growing in cities/along streets. They are less wide as "common"trees. It's a type of tree that ends, in latin, with: , "fastigiata" because I don't have a "city"diorama I've placed the trees in a row on a piece of "wild nature" and of course always...
  15. grove den

    [H0] L-Shaped layout project

    may be someting like this "crazy" layout plan?;) It was designed with that "strange " chimeney in the midlle of the layout. I presume it will be in H0? In Nscale it fits definitely! btw: 6x9,4 feet?( 182 x 286centimeter?) I think in H0 it will fit too in that space!
  16. grove den

    How to Make Trees and Shrubs

    @Lynnb: " what lengths please" Start with some 1 mm and the second layer are the 12 mm fibres. The 1 mm ones can be darker or even Brown... as a base. I can imagine that sometimes the colour of dry grass or hay or burnt grass is a better choise. It is up to you to decide/ how it works/ looks on...
  17. grove den

    How to Make Trees and Shrubs

    I don't have an example/photo of making tufts.... I , mostly, make them right on the spot where they belong...
  18. grove den

    How to Make Trees and Shrubs

    Thanks Glenn and Lynn. @Lynnb: " are you familiar with making Tufts? Well that is actualy the basic of using a static appl.! I use a glue that doesn't set as fast as white glue... the "surface "of the tiny blobs has to be "open" for some time. I use /made a mixture of white glue and gesso or...
  19. grove den

    Ho Scale CP Layout Build, A Continuous Thread

    just placed a small "how to" about making these fast and cheap trees....in my thread obout" How to make trees and shrubs."... how to
  20. grove den

    How to Make Trees and Shrubs

    a small "how to"about making "conifer" kind of trees. Unfortunatly you have to use a "grassmaster"/ "static grass applicator". A customer asked me if I could make a "North west America "style conifers/trees in scale N and of course cheap and fast to make trees in serie like on an assambly line...



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