Just found this video after watching so many and so glad I did. Trees look great and don’t take forever to make. Now just to find the materials here in Western Australia
Thank You Very Much for your demo!!! It seems like I have been watching videos for hours (and I'm sure I have been) and yours is the BEST one I've watched. I have subscribed to your channel and have given a thumbs up. I'm 74 years and getting back into model railroading (S 1/64 scale) after years of being away. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rather than just at random “making trees” I researched and am modeling my tree shapes on Douglas Fir and Hemlock Fir tree shapes that would be correct for my northwestern states area forest’s. I’ve made 25 Douglas Firs and 15 Hem Firs of mixed heights and will randomly mix them on the hillsides.
Love model railroading, and just found your channel! Thanks for sharing your way of making these trees. They look amazing and remind me of the deep forest in the Rockies here in Canada. Thanks again for sharing!
Hey Bill love this method. Only thing I changed was I used fine sifted saw dust to glue and roll the trunk with since color doesn’t matter because it’s being painted. Trees are looking good can’t wait to make more
A superb tutorial on how you do your trees, easy to follow, and a great way to build batches of them. Inspirational work Bill, thanks for the upload. All the best. Brian @ The Angels
Hi Bill, love your modeling! I found a 3/8 - 1/2” balsa stick shapes quickly with a razor knife or better a draw knife. Than textured with a 4-5 wood screw moving up and down the trunk. Paint or flock. Insert a bamboo skewer in the bottom for planting. Might save a few minutes per tree. Also mounting in a drill for spray painting makes painting a little more even and faster. Happy modeling!
Thanks Bill for a great video. I'm starting to plan a ON30 logging layout and this tree making video will come in handy when i have to build and place trees on my layout.
Hey Bill, Very good video and helpful. Your finished product looks great! I was wondering if you could shed more light on the specific brand of furnace filter material you are using. Home Depot in our area only has fiberglass filter material, and I think you mentioned that the material you use is a natural fiber (14:57). Are you using Hog Hair filter material perhaps? We tried using Scotch-Brite scouring pads (Industrial Strength); the only thing we could find that seemed close, and it worked OK, but those are no fun to pull apart into thin layers. This seems to be the key part of great looking trees so we'd like to get it right. Thanks!
It’s called NaturalAire. I haven’t checked Home Depot in a while but I see online that places like Ace Hardware and others carry it. It works perfect for these trees 😃
Bill, another great video and narrative! I appreciate the refresher course on how you make your pine trees. I hadn’t caught the part where you tear the the cut filter into four separate pieces before. Thanks a lot for time and details you put in your videos! 👍🏻👍🏻 I am glad you get so much pleasure doing scenery. To most of us scenery is the hardest of the hobby, but you make it enjoyable. How long did it take you to develop your tree technology or did you learn it from someone?
Bill, regarding your guardrails on the O scale standard bridge. It got me to thinking. If I may suggest. Since this layout reflects 40s-50s.. they still had fire barrels on the wooden bridges back then. Perhaps a couple on the mainline bridges?
Good how to, Bill! I have a question. When you took the layout to the train show, how many people made comment or had questions about the trees? ...Claude
Trees got the most comments from modelers and I’ll be giving an NMRA local clinic on them soon. Probably 30 or more folks commented on them and asked how I made them 😄
Question: Regarding the color of the furnace filter material. Would you recommend the green you used over other colors such as white, blue, pink, yellow, etc.? Maybe doesn't matter with the undercoat painting.
The color of the filter material probably doesn’t matter since the paint will cover. I did find that the natural fiber filters are better than the synthetic ones as you get a more natural appearance of what shows through in the end
At first, I thought the method was a bit clunky but I must admit the results changed my mind. Thank you for your clear demo.👍🏼
Just found this video after watching so many and so glad I did. Trees look great and don’t take forever to make. Now just to find the materials here in Western Australia
Thank You Very Much for your demo!!! It seems like I have been watching videos for hours (and I'm sure I have been) and yours is the BEST one I've watched. I have subscribed to your channel and have given a thumbs up. I'm 74 years and getting back into model railroading (S 1/64 scale) after years of being away. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!
تشکر بابت آموزش دوست عزیز ❤🙏🇮🇷🤘
Thanks Bill. Cheers Peter.
Rather than just at random “making trees” I researched and am modeling my tree shapes on Douglas Fir and Hemlock Fir tree shapes that would be correct for my northwestern states area forest’s. I’ve made 25 Douglas Firs and 15 Hem Firs of mixed heights and will randomly mix them on the hillsides.
Hi ya Bill. Nice refresher on how you build your trees. Thanks.
Thanks 👍
⭐ Without doubt one of the best tree tutorials I’ve seen 😎 ⭐ Thanks for sharing your technique 👍
Thanks for the awesome video Bill! Very informative and helpful.
Glad it was helpful!
When I attempt to do this, I'll probably use my airbrush. Cheaper than spray paint. Nice tree. Cheers from W Rusty Lane K9POW in eastern Tennessee
nice trees bill thanks lee
GREAT VIDEO BILL. THANKS
Thanks Joe!!
Nice looking trees....so much better than bottle brush style trees, thanks
Thanks!!! For sure. I couldn’t get what I wanted from commercial kits so I took to making them myself. It’s so satisfying 😃
Great vidio, the trees look like they would stand up great on my Yard layout ...Thanks for the coffee...
Love model railroading, and just found your channel! Thanks for sharing your way of making these trees. They look amazing and remind me of the deep forest in the Rockies here in Canada. Thanks again for sharing!
Thanks!!
Hey Bill love this method. Only thing I changed was I used fine sifted saw dust to glue and roll the trunk with since color doesn’t matter because it’s being painted. Trees are looking good can’t wait to make more
Saw dust would be what I would use too except I don’t have any 😂
A superb tutorial on how you do your trees, easy to follow, and a great way to build batches of them. Inspirational work Bill, thanks for the upload. All the best. Brian @ The Angels
Many thanks!!
Hi Bill, love your modeling! I found a 3/8 - 1/2” balsa stick shapes quickly with a razor knife or better a draw knife. Than textured with a 4-5 wood screw moving up and down the trunk. Paint or flock. Insert a bamboo skewer in the bottom for planting. Might save a few minutes per tree. Also mounting in a drill for spray painting makes painting a little more even and faster. Happy modeling!
Thank us an excellent method as well. I did think of doing it that way but I found the wire just as easy to work with
Great Tutorial Bill,....very comprehensive & well explained !!!! Thanks
Thanks!
Great vid Bill, love the way you make your trees. Such a simple but effective method, with outstanding and awesome results!
Thanks 👍
What a great video!!! Easy way to make trees. Very cool!!! You need to make 2 more to make it 450 trees. Hahaha!!!!
Thanks Bill for a great video. I'm starting to plan a ON30 logging layout and this tree making video will come in handy when i have to build and place trees on my layout.
Glad it was helpful!!!
impressive, and affordable
448!
Great tutorial Bill! I'll add this to my bag of tricks that I'm itching to use!!
Excellent video on making trees ,
Outstanding tutorial and great tips! Thanks for sharing, going to try this method for my layout.
Thanks!!
Thanks! Just another method that I haven't seen but I really like it!
Glad you like it!
Outstanding video. Thanks for sharing. Dave
Thanks Dave!
Very Good Tutorial! Saving
Thank You Kindly😊
Hey Bill,
Very good video and helpful. Your finished product looks great!
I was wondering if you could shed more light on the specific brand of furnace filter material you are using. Home Depot in our area only has fiberglass filter material, and I think you mentioned that the material you use is a natural fiber (14:57). Are you using Hog Hair filter material perhaps? We tried using Scotch-Brite scouring pads (Industrial Strength); the only thing we could find that seemed close, and it worked OK, but those are no fun to pull apart into thin layers. This seems to be the key part of great looking trees so we'd like to get it right.
Thanks!
It’s called NaturalAire. I haven’t checked Home Depot in a while but I see online that places like Ace Hardware and others carry it. It works perfect for these trees 😃
@@modelrailroadadventureswit6347 Thanks for the tip! Hopefully will work better than the Scotch Brite...haha.
Awesome, I'II try to make some for Z scale, thanks.
because the commercial ones look more like radiator brushes.
Bill, another great video and narrative! I appreciate the refresher course on how you make your pine trees. I hadn’t caught the part where you tear the the cut filter into four separate pieces before. Thanks a lot for time and details you put in your videos! 👍🏻👍🏻 I am glad you get so much pleasure doing scenery. To most of us scenery is the hardest of the hobby, but you make it enjoyable. How long did it take you to develop your tree technology or did you learn it from someone?
Thanks again!
interesting technique
Love it, Manakin Sabot va
great show sir
Bill, regarding your guardrails on the O scale standard bridge. It got me to thinking. If I may suggest. Since this layout reflects 40s-50s.. they still had fire barrels on the wooden bridges back then. Perhaps a couple on the mainline bridges?
I will be adding barrels at some point on those bridges. It’s on my mental list to do 😃
Sehr gut❤
Thanks
C'est magnifique 👏
Thank you 🙏!!
Palm tree
Good how to, Bill! I have a question. When you took the layout to the train show, how many people made comment or had questions about the trees? ...Claude
Trees got the most comments from modelers and I’ll be giving an NMRA local clinic on them soon. Probably 30 or more folks commented on them and asked how I made them 😄
Going subscribe your channel
Question: Regarding the color of the furnace filter material. Would you recommend the green you used over other colors such as white, blue, pink, yellow, etc.? Maybe doesn't matter with the undercoat painting.
The color of the filter material probably doesn’t matter since the paint will cover. I did find that the natural fiber filters are better than the synthetic ones as you get a more natural appearance of what shows through in the end
@@modelrailroadadventureswit6347 Thanks Bill ... I'll look into natural filter material.
Brand/Color of 2mm static grass?
yes would like to know this also please
Se pude vivirvde los diorama?????
There were 135 trees in this video.
I counted 448 Heath!! ;-)
@@OtterCreek I think you are seeing triple
452 total as of today 😂
18g wire?
That it is. 18g wrapped in natural fibers 👍🏼
your cough is caused by the cyanoacrylate "firing" off... it is nasty stuff... use better ventilation!