Deciduos Trees

Noch has produced a tree-making kit 24302.


Here are the steps:




This is slated for release in June 2015.

Hi Mark
Found an easier way for pine type trees than Loren's. Same concept but the Chenille is already twisted into two wires and comes in a giant "pipe cleaner" about 1" in dia. Don't know if you have any Michael's craft stores in your area, but here in Ontario Canada they are popular. These ~36" long pipe cleaners come in a reasonable green colour and can be cut up into whatever length (height) you like, leaving about an extra 1/4" to serve as the trunk to stick into the "ground". Just have to pull that section of chenille out of twists, trim to shape and add some ground turf with hairspray.
For the deciduous trees I saw an article somewhere(probably in an MR issue about a year ago) that shows taking pieces of really fine floral wire or stripped and separated hook-up wire about 2",again whatever height you want. I would make piles of 16 wires. Taking 2, and starting about 1/4" from end they are twisted together. This gives you 8 bundles. Then taking 2 of these and crossing them about 1/4" from un-twisted ends you twist them together again. Do the same with the 4 then 2 bundles and you will have a "tree" with a trunk. Ends of branches can be shaped into any style of tree. I spray these bare trees with whatever colour I want the trunk/branches to be. I then rip off some pieces of Woodland's Poly Fiber,tease them onto the branches, hit it with hair spray, and sprinkle on some Woodland's fine turf. I can twist these up while watching TV. Well worth the effort and great article.
Have some pictures of both kinds of trees if you are interested.
LarryO

Hello

I am using the Loren's way for pine type trees but I will give a try to the 36" long pipe cleaners that larryo talks about.



For the deciduous, I use the wire twisting method. I put white glue on the trunk to hide the wires and give a trunk aspect. I then apply grey primer. For the leaves, I use Hob-E-Tac on the branches. It is a "glue" that always stay sticky. I put some Woodland scenics Underbrush in a little container and I plunge the tree head first in it. I arrange the tree to my taste. The Hob-E-Tac stays sticky and allows for adjustments.



I use different colors of underbrush and trunks to vary the wood essence.

Patrice, that looks great. That's what I was thinking.

Mark