Even though I take breaks from them, I never seem to tire of making them because they always evolve and turn out different. Either way they look good on the layout.
So Part 2 will unveil the art of foliage... "Art is the attempt to imitate Nature", old Aristotle said. And you're a true artist, my friend. Very good technique. Cheers!
Good evening sir! LOVE the channel. I’ve totally veered onto making trees and am having a ball! The layout will look much better because of your channel. I’m wondering if you could comment on N scale wire gauge size, static grass sizes etc? I’ve more or less halved the sizes you mention and so far that seems to work. For the wire twisted over stem wire for the conifers, I’ve tried a few different adhesives etc on these twisted trees. Bit of a game changer tip from today. Spray this tacky adhesive on the thread covered stem wire prior to wrapping with florist wire. Prior to this, 5 wraps of wire between each pair of loops was required to prevent the individual branches from becoming too loose after you snip the end of the loop. With the adhesive, I have this down to just 2 wraps around the trunk between each pair of loops. This also allows for a fuller tree. Since I’m in N scale, I’ve substituted sawdust for any colour of fine turf blend for the bark texture. When I apply this, I also use the spray tacky glue which further locks the loops of florist wire in place.
Sounds good to me! I usually use "Jewelers" wire ( or 12mm static grass flocked onto larger wire) for small trees like "N" scale. You can find it at craft stores. You can try Art Supply Stores in the "Sculpting" section as well because they use wire for armatures. Personally, I like to try an stick to water-based adhesives to prevent chemical corrosion of the tree. Matte medium works good or "Acrylic" matte spray from a rattle can.
I tried your technique, using Woodland Scenics grass for small tree branches and it worked very well. I made a swamp tupeo tree for a Louisiana swamp diorama. It was great fun to make this tree and this is motivating m for some more. Your Three Sisters arrangement is phantastic! Kind regards Michael
Wonderful! Thank you Marion. I'm glad you are inspired. Sometimes this is all we need to ignite the spark of creativity which resides in all of us. Cheers. ~ Boomer.
Boomer, I think your trees are the most life like of any I've seen . I think because you "see" nature . I have many trees that are production trees, and I'm doing some modification on them to make them acceptable, at least as background trees. But, for close up or vignette, i gotta do your style! Thanks for an artists view of the most common things we see every day.
Thank you. At first the these trees might seem labor intensive. Once you pump a few out, (I like to build six at a time), they move along like any other model we appreciate, I suppose. They do look awesome when you blend them into background trees for sure. Cheers.
Great stuff, Boomer. I will try this wire with loops method to reproduce the eastern yellow pines so common to the mid Atlantic where I live. Will need to start it 1/2 to 2/3 up the trunk, the eastern yellow pines don’t have branches until you get way up the trunk. My woods lines and things don’t look quite right without this tree. I’ve been experimenting with static grass on super trees but it’s not quite right.
Just stumbled across your channel and sub. have spend the last week going through all your videos. Very Plato style informative way you present the material. I spent time re watching your tree videos. And thought Hey I could give that a go. So far I have cranked out 12 of them to the painted 12mm static grass stage. Loving how that are looking so far.
That sounds fantastic! Thank You for the sub as well. It really pleases me when I hear comments like this. It makes it all worth while. Welcome aboard! I plan to plug along with further content along the way. Cheers ~ Boomer.
Hey Boomer, you talk about creating different kinds of trees. Have you attempted to create a Crepe Myrtle tree? They come in different colors and have thin limbs so it would be a challenge. But probably would turn out good looking.
Hi Boomer That was a great demo on trees building, and how you can create something which look fantastic for very little money too. I am looking forward to lockdown ending over here in the UK so I can go out to my local hobby store and find all these great things you come up with. By the way could you let me know what the music was you played during the video as it is was so relaxing. 👍 Take care Julian
Looking good man, I wanna thank you. He's sparkin a spark, aint me? I'm gonna get my wife to take me to Michael's tomorrow. And get some stem wire. Some green twenty six gauge wire get busy
Hi James. Good to hear from you. I want a "brushless" motor train . . . they never burn out or wear out other than the bearing, . . . but even then, they last indefinitely.
@@jamesbraxton6132 Probably because they are designed to spin at higher RPM's, therefore resistance is high. They make fantastic flying model airplane motors.
Boomer, I do not think you have mentioned it anywhere, but for the power pole details, did you make them from scratch? That may be a segment to add to the collection.
Wow! Fantastic!!
Cheap and cheerfull. Thank You.
Love making these trees. Just so relaxing 😊
I was at it again yesterday. 😁
Music reminds me of one of my favorite movies, O’Brother, Where Art Thou? Looking forward to the next video!
That was a great movie. I laughed my guts out when I watched it. Cheers.
Having a blast making these trees 😄
Even though I take breaks from them, I never seem to tire of making them because they always evolve and turn out different. Either way they look good on the layout.
As the title says...fabulous!
Those are the first trees by the shoreline adopted from Glover Road. ;-) Cheers.
Looking forward to this series
Cheers.
So Part 2 will unveil the art of foliage... "Art is the attempt to imitate Nature", old Aristotle said. And you're a true artist, my friend. Very good technique. Cheers!
Thank You. Cheers.
Good evening sir! LOVE the channel. I’ve totally veered onto making trees and am having a ball! The layout will look much better because of your channel.
I’m wondering if you could comment on N scale wire gauge size, static grass sizes etc? I’ve more or less halved the sizes you mention and so far that seems to work.
For the wire twisted over stem wire for the conifers, I’ve tried a few different adhesives etc on these twisted trees. Bit of a game changer tip from today.
Spray this tacky adhesive on the thread covered stem wire prior to wrapping with florist wire.
Prior to this, 5 wraps of wire between each pair of loops was required to prevent the individual branches from becoming too loose after you snip the end of the loop.
With the adhesive, I have this down to just 2 wraps around the trunk between each pair of loops.
This also allows for a fuller tree.
Since I’m in N scale, I’ve substituted sawdust for any colour of fine turf blend for the bark texture.
When I apply this, I also use the spray tacky glue which further locks the loops of florist wire in place.
Sounds good to me! I usually use "Jewelers" wire ( or 12mm static grass flocked onto larger wire) for small trees like "N" scale. You can find it at craft stores. You can try Art Supply Stores in the "Sculpting" section as well because they use wire for armatures. Personally, I like to try an stick to water-based adhesives to prevent chemical corrosion of the tree. Matte medium works good or "Acrylic" matte spray from a rattle can.
Love them trees I’m going to have to try that version. I was doing them the way Luke Townsand was doing them. So thanks.
Have fun!
Going to try this once I move. The new layout will have a signature river scene with many types of interesting trees and a bridge.
Wow! Sounds exciting. Should look great. Cheers.
I tried your technique, using Woodland Scenics grass for small tree branches and it worked very well. I made a swamp tupeo tree for a Louisiana swamp diorama. It was great fun to make this tree and this is motivating m for some more.
Your Three Sisters arrangement is phantastic!
Kind regards
Michael
Wonderful! Thank you Marion. I'm glad you are inspired. Sometimes this is all we need to ignite the spark of creativity which resides in all of us. Cheers. ~ Boomer.
Wow thanks for sharing. I will stay tuned. Thanks again.
Thanks for watching.
Cheap and great looking framework. Thank you for the share Boomer!
Cheers.
Cool beans! I’m looking forward to trying this method. Stoked for part two!
Thanks so much for taking the time to teach others.
Glad you are enjoying it! - Boomer.
Boomer, I think your trees are the most life like of any I've seen . I think because you "see" nature . I have many trees that are production trees, and I'm doing some modification on them to make them acceptable, at least as background trees. But, for close up or vignette, i gotta do your style! Thanks for an artists view of the most common things we see every day.
Thank you. At first the these trees might seem labor intensive. Once you pump a few out, (I like to build six at a time), they move along like any other model we appreciate, I suppose. They do look awesome when you blend them into background trees for sure. Cheers.
Great stuff, Boomer. I will try this wire with loops method to reproduce the eastern yellow pines so common to the mid Atlantic where I live. Will need to start it 1/2 to 2/3 up the trunk, the eastern yellow pines don’t have branches until you get way up the trunk. My woods lines and things don’t look quite right without this tree. I’ve been experimenting with static grass on super trees but it’s not quite right.
Thank You! Sounds great Arthur. Nothing like a few "feature" trees to notch up the immersion level on the layout. - Boomer.
Try, if you can find them, the remains of the flowers on panicled Hydrangeas. The most suitable is the Oak Leaf Hydrangea.
Just stumbled across your channel and sub. have spend the last week going through all your videos. Very Plato style informative way you present the material. I spent time re watching your tree videos. And thought Hey I could give that a go. So far I have cranked out 12 of them to the painted 12mm static grass stage. Loving how that are looking so far.
That sounds fantastic! Thank You for the sub as well. It really pleases me when I hear comments like this. It makes it all worth while. Welcome aboard! I plan to plug along with further content along the way. Cheers ~ Boomer.
Wow 🤩. Thank you!!!
You’re welcome 😊
wow gonna enjoy this series...
Thank You. Looking forward to it. It`s a comprehensive topic. Real trees are works of art within themselves. Cheers. - Boomer.
Hey Boomer, you talk about creating different kinds of trees. Have you attempted to create a Crepe Myrtle tree? They come in different colors and have thin limbs so it would be a challenge. But probably would turn out good looking.
No Crepe Myrtle Tree because I have no need for one. Have at her my friend. ;-)
Nice trees.
Thank you! Cheers!
Nice demo, very impressive 👍
Thanks for the visit. Cheers.- Boomer
Starting from the beginning so I can’t build my trees - forgot how great Glover Road 😊
Yes. I should revisit some of it soon.
Thanks
Thank you Peter!
Cool thanks mate
No problem 👍
Super work
Thank you! Cheers!
Hi Boomer
That was a great demo on trees building, and how you can create something which look fantastic for very little money too.
I am looking forward to lockdown ending over here in the UK so I can go out to my local hobby store and find all these great things you come up with.
By the way could you let me know what the music was you played during the video as it is was so relaxing. 👍
Take care Julian
Thank you very much! The Music is listed below under "Show More." It comes from UA-cam Audio. Cheers. - Boomer.
Ótimo vídeo Obrigado por compartilhar
Cheers.
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Thank you!
Looking good man, I wanna thank you. He's sparkin a spark, aint me? I'm gonna get my wife to take me to Michael's tomorrow. And get some stem wire. Some green twenty six gauge wire get busy
I'm glad you're getting inspired! That green wire is great for trees.
Staying tuned👍🚂🚃🇨🇦
Cheers.
Well now….. I guess I found what I was looking for…!!!!
That's good to hear. Some of the early content is chalk full of information. Education is a good thing if we all share it freely. Cheers ~ Boomer.
First tree a million to go.
In my case only a few . . . for now. Cheers.
we have michaels and hobby lobby in my town
Good show! Cheers. - Boomer.
You can have a video on how to rewrap electric motor coils for trains LOL.
Hi James. Good to hear from you. I want a "brushless" motor train . . . they never burn out or wear out other than the bearing, . . . but even then, they last indefinitely.
@@boomerdiorama Brushless motors heat up very quickly
@@jamesbraxton6132 Probably because they are designed to spin at higher RPM's, therefore resistance is high. They make fantastic flying model airplane motors.
The skeleton has been made.
Three feet of tangent track, one locomotive, two boxcars, and three trees is all one needs . . . lol. - Boomer.
Boomer, I do not think you have mentioned it anywhere, but for the power pole details, did you make them from scratch? That may be a segment to add to the collection.
Yes. I did scratch them. I plan to revisit the topic again soon. Cheers.