NMRA James River SubDivision Tree Clinic Prep - Model Railroad Adventures with Bill EP293

Prepping for a clinic I’ll give on May 11 2024 for the James River Subdivision meet in the Richmond area
Link to video on how I make this style of tree from start to finish.
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[@Miertreg1]

Good job 👍👍👍👍👍👍🖖

[@davestrains6816]

Awesome job, whish I could go to Richmond. Thanks for sharing. Dave

[@vincenthuying98]

Dear Bill, very cool you’re doing a tree building clinic for this NMRA meet. Very much like the approach you’re taking, with the line of trees in different phases and a bunch of prepped wire armatures for folks to make some tree building attempts!
Sort of doesn’t surprise me that painting the armatures first and then slathering ‘m in Mod Podge and ground cover, works better. Might be that an acrylic works best. However, any paint cover of the florist wire with its rope will create a better bite for the Mod Podge. With the Mod Podge added before painting, the rope may just suck out the moisture of the glue to quickly. The paint first will fill up the pores to prevent such. You might even be able to use a cheapo dispersion primer. On the running action of the Mod Podge, it just sticks much better to especially acrylic surfaces. Cheerio

[@railartist001]

Really good methodology ..... will try it when I get moved to the new home and re-build...... Thanks. Keep up the good work

[@modelrailroadadventureswit6347]

Thanks! It’s enjoyable to build trees and so many different ways to construct them 😃

[@michaelmatsumura422]

Glad a model railroader from Virginia. I’m a beginner from Chester. Some things take a while for me (100% Disabled Veteran), but won’t quit. Please keep up the great work!

[@modelrailroadadventureswit6347]

You are not too far from me. I’m in the north end of the city up near Short Pump. Slow and steady does win for everything so yes keep at it . And thank you for the compliment and for your service to our country !!

[@michaelmatsumura422]

Thanks for the reply!

[@steves.922]

Novel idea...why not show us how to make trees! You talk around it, but never hands on how you make your trees. It's frustrating to the new modeler when you and others never show exactly how you make something on camera by doing it.

[@modelrailroadadventureswit6347]

You can do a search of the videos on the channel. Type in Build a Tree with Bill and you see the process step by step. You can also do a keyword search for trees. I’ve got a number of videos out there showing construction of both conifers and deciduous trees 👍🏼

[@modelrailroadadventureswit6347]

Also look for the video I have out called Build Realistic N and Z scale trees. It shows how I build this style of tree from start to finish. The other video I tend to use for larger scales