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- The Deciduous Tree is was created from Sage Brush (trunk portion of the tree), Supertree Material for the leafy branches, and then sprinkled with Flock.
- The Pine Tree was hand made with 30 gauge and 24 gauge wires that were twisted and then glued into a piece of wood and then coated with a bark texture from TheScenicFactory to hide all the wires. The leafs are just Woodland Scenics Foliage that is cut into strips and then glued to the branches.
The pine looks like a sparse lodgepole pine high up in the mountains somewhere which fits the scene. The branches are peeking through the top of the foliage pad. If you rotate the pads around so the branch peeks out below the foliage pad, this might improve the look of each individual branch.
I love the trees. Thanks for the reference on the bark material. I'm toying with creating bark for Southern Yellow Pine. With this material and a small screen, I think I can duplicate pine bark. Also, my go-to for limbs on a pine tree is caspia that I paint and flock with foam. I learned this from an ON3 modeler. It translates well to HO. Phil
Karl.A
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Jerry