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Most Convincing Palm Trees in 1/72
Brianlee
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Posted: Monday, September 24, 2018 - 10:48 AM UTC
Hi All - can anyone share the best quality, 1/72 scale appropriate, palm trees? It's for a North Africa landscape & know that the will be a variation in size in nature, but looking for the best out there as far as realism ….
duckdawgs
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Posted: Monday, September 24, 2018 - 12:52 PM UTC
Try these guys; "Hart of the South" scale palm trees... Their products are great, you have to do the assembly and paint, but the results are amazing... I just finished some Coconut trees from them they look great...
Brianlee
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Posted: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 08:54 AM UTC

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Try these guys; "Hart of the South" scale palm trees... Their products are great, you have to do the assembly and paint, but the results are amazing... I just finished some Coconut trees from them they look great...


Wow! They do look great. Scale wise, would you say 3-7 inch for 1/72 and 10 inch for 1/35?

Also, do you know what's appropriate for North Africa vs. South Pacific etc.
Vicious
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Posted: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 09:08 AM UTC
for north Africa the 2 Date palm are ok,the Canary one is not native but is grown for the fruits,for Pacific only the Coconut,the Washingtonia and the Sabal are from the American continent
duckdawgs
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Posted: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 01:14 PM UTC
For 1/72 I would use the smaller sizes, but remember that they varied in size greatly... I used it for a pacific diorama that is 1/48, so I used the 7 inch coconut tree... I dipped it in hot water and bent them in different shapes... I'll try to download some pictures if I could figure out how to post them... Also Vicious is correct...
Brianlee
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Posted: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 06:48 PM UTC
Thanks guys - very helpful. Spole with hart over email and he said I could get 2 x 5 inch date palms out of the 10 inch kit they offer.

But wouldn't that make the leaves to large for that height?
j76lr
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Posted: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - 06:06 AM UTC

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For 1/72 I would use the smaller sizes, but remember that they varied in size greatly... I used it for a pacific diorama that is 1/48, so I used the 7 inch coconut tree... I dipped it in hot water and bent them in different shapes... I'll try to download some pictures if I could figure out how to post them... Also Vicious is correct...

good luck posting pics !! its really difficult!
j76lr
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Posted: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - 06:10 AM UTC
very nice product a little pricey but very realistic !
duckdawgs
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Posted: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - 12:52 PM UTC

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Thanks guys - very helpful. Spole with hart over email and he said I could get 2 x 5 inch date palms out of the 10 inch kit they offer.

But wouldn't that make the leaves to large for that height?
The leaves are flexible and can be cut to whatever length you want for variation...
duckdawgs
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Posted: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - 12:56 PM UTC

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For 1/72 I would use the smaller sizes, but remember that they varied in size greatly... I used it for a pacific diorama that is 1/48, so I used the 7 inch coconut tree... I dipped it in hot water and bent them in different shapes... I'll try to download some pictures if I could figure out how to post them... Also Vicious is correct...

good luck posting pics !! its really difficult!
I've done it before with no problem, but haven't lately and I forgot the steps... Gonna have to re read the tutorial that I saved somewhere...
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