??? Guys, I'm looking for some ideas on how to make large trees like chestnuts, oak, or elms. I need it to be about 10 or 12 inches at least to go with a diorama my dad is working on. I know about the armorama wire method but it really did not give me the results I was looking for, following all the directions and size and amounts of wire wound up with a tree only about6" tall very labor intense, which I don't mind for good results. Thanks for any help, Pat
Pat,
What was the problem using the wire?
There's a guy named Marc Theilkaes that has made some very nice trees in this scale...I found some pics of his trees and material he used, but can't find the SBS.
(https://www.finescalerr.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fhotimg23.fotki.com%2Fa%2F66_47%2F77_26%2FOellager_klein105_10_05-vi.jpg&hash=145ee0d16b9f6f03f2b0dc00d9137433488d3e05) (http://hotimg23.fotki.com/p/a/66_47/77_26/Oellager_klein105_10_05-vi.jpg)
(https://www.finescalerr.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fhotimg23.fotki.com%2Fa%2F66_47%2F77_26%2FRIMG0361-vi.jpg&hash=d1570ff5617889284a3cdcda34c0286c5cf73fb5) (http://hotimg23.fotki.com/p/a/66_47/77_26/RIMG0361-vi.jpg)
(https://www.finescalerr.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fhotimg23.fotki.com%2Fa%2F66_47%2F77_26%2FBaumDetail2-vi.jpg&hash=83d6ece5eb2d23424b7d1e17db03f6b8f57565d9) (http://hotimg23.fotki.com/p/a/66_47/77_26/BaumDetail2-vi.jpg)
(https://www.finescalerr.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fhotimg23.fotki.com%2Fa%2F66_47%2F77_26%2FRIMG0363-vi.jpg&hash=57446bdbbd5e291ece3a0e7e26aab69374e15575) (http://hotimg23.fotki.com/p/a/66_47/77_26/RIMG0363-vi.jpg)
....looks like he used the "S&S Scenery Products" foliage
Marc
Nice tree Marc!! you always have an ace under the sleeve!! Always glad to learn something from you and many people here.
Pat,
Try this link :
http://www.gilbert-gribi.ch/arbres%201.html
Franck
Franck, thanks alot for the link to Gilbert's web pages I have been there many times and enjoy his site alot. I totally forgot about his tree how to it looks very labor intensive as well as kind of unforgiving, once you solder the limbs I think it would be alot harder to move them without cracking.
I'm not ignoring Marc guys he and I are also talking over on the Mig forum, which seems to be having some difficulties today.
Here are a few pics of what I'm working on. I think the large 1/35 scale tree might get replaced with a total wire tree like the HO version.
Both are in the rough form only and have been covered with the first coat of grout for creating texture. Pat