I've just completed a 1/35 scale tree made from a Twig,Wire,Milliput and Parsley! Sprayed Black then Hi-Lighted with various shades of Green! I'm really pleased with the results but am interested in other peoples tips for buying or making trees!

Marek,
I for one would love to see a picture of your tree. Sound's interesting!

Jim

Marek,
Sounds like it would be a realistic looking tree, any ideas on how to make trees less leaves for a winter scene?

Ron C.
Ashtabula, Oh

Marek, is there any way you can post a pic of it for all of us to see?

Sounds like a really neat side-project.

I need to do some trees and stuff for my 1/35th scale figures, and been having a rough time of it. I'd like to know exactly how you done your trees.

I´d like to see it too!
Cheers!

I also use real twigs, small branches, and roots.
I buy and attach the " Woodland scenics " foilage, and
lichen with Hobbytac glue.
The results are excellent ! - i also make my own bushes
& shrubs, dirts roads, etc. with the Woodland Scenics
foilage & landscape products, but like I said i prefer
using reals tree twigs, etc.
WOODLAND SCENICS WEB SITE:
[/url] http://www.woodlandscenics.com/
- ralph

Post a pic Marek!

Yeah Marek - even slow old Gunnie wants to see a pic too!

Gunnie

That's what i like about this site! NO PRESSURE! LOL
Once the dio has been finished within the week i'll post all pics on here for you to praise or criticise.All criticism will be appreciated as i will hopefully perfect it one day!

Now you know how I feel! Every time someone desparately wants or needs a photo of a piece of equipment I have hanging around, I feel obligated to try to help them out.

Hi All
Someone suggested to me that for larger trees i should use real trees like the miniature pines etc that you can get from your local garden centre and i wondered if you all had any thoughts on the suggestion?
Regards
Peter

I had a Bonsai tree that unfortunately died couple of years ago. Of course, it lost the leaves, but the roots and the tree trunk looks ideal for dioramas... However, I still haven't actually put it in a diorama..

Mario M.

O.K., I know this is going to sound weird to most of you, and at least some of you won't know what kind of plant I'm talking about here (because it may not grow in your part of the country/world) but, I've found, by accident (I was 'cutting back' my own) that one of the best source's of realistic tree trunk/branches is the Juniper bush.

I had to remove some of the bushes in front of my house, so I dug them up and piled them next to the house in preparation for binding and removal. Well, a couple of days later they had dried out significantly. While attempting to bind them properly for disposaI I began to look at the roots of the bushes with my '1/35th scale eyes' , when lo and behold, Viola! There in front of me was the best set of 1/35th scale tree trunk/branches I could ever ask for!! So, if you guys have bushes of this sort anywhere near you, it's worth the trip to dig up a few roots to use for your dioramas. As for the health of the bush itself (don't want to make Kenc' mad at me, he might call me a 'bush killer' ) don't worry too much, it 's pretty tenacious and grows like a weed. As long as you respect the plant and the property, it will not mind your small withdrawal. Besides, there's usually some small part of the bush itself which is in a state of 'death'

Now one of the good things (for me anyway) about the juniper bush is it also grows into an actual tree also. So not only do I have a great source of 1/35th scale tree 'fodder', but a source of material for my log furniture side line!!!!


Tread.

P.S. Kenc', if you're listening. My apologies for endorsing a semi-professional 'hit' on the Juniper bushes of the world by my fellow modelers. I meant no harm to plants in general, and no insult to the Horticulturists of the world.
I hate to hear those little plants scream too....

P.P.S. Ya know, when I was younger, I used to be on hellva 'bush killer'......

That's ok TreadHead. The low growing Junipers are excellent assembly areas and assualt positions for snails and slugs. A little thinning out reduces the hiding places for these terrorists of the garden