Trees trees trees
Had a great day making trees for the LVN. Three hours of work. In order to progress the scenery you need to make up a batch of the trees to get you going. Number 1 priority is trees for me it gets my juices going. Without them you cannot go forward (at least I can't). I got 25 feet of scenery to do on Sunday. I used sedum and the old bottle brush for starters.. After careful trimming, I dip them in a 50/50 mixture of white glue and water. Then, I stick them between my thumb and forefinger, upside down in an old ice cream bucket and give them in a spin, till most of the glue has left the park. I learned this from my good friend Mike Hamer. Next, I apply copious amounts of green woodland scenics grass, weeds ...all fine stuff and then sprinkle earth blend as a light dusting. In three hours I made all these trees /.....Great fun. You can shape em with little nips with you scissors. Just leave them in the foam to dry. Next stop the layout
2 Comments:
Those are great looking trees Chris! The earth blend sounds like a great idea. Had never tried that myself. I imagine it gives them a nice variation of colour. Look forward to seein where you place them on your layout.
James
I placed them along the back wall. The space I have to work with is not very deep. 4-6 inches. I posted the progress on the railroad line forum. I will probably be able to get it on the blog tomorrow.
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