Comments on: Making Scale Trees from Hydrangea Blooms

By: Raymond D Taureck

Raymond D Taureck — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 13:43:12 +0000

I made fruit trees and other types of trees from a furnace filter, I would cut the filter into the desired shape, spray with hair spray, sprinkle crushed green foam on it and place colored plastic beads for the fruit trees and used either toothpicks or cut down bamboo skewers stained or painted brown for the trunks. I also made chain link fence out of window screen material attached to toothpicks.

By: Terry

Terry — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 22:58:22 +0000

I have a butterfly bush in out back yard I use. Once the flower dries up I cat them. I use Elmer’s glue and mix it 80% water 20% glue. I dip the flower in to the glue and use Woodland Scenic Fine Turf in a green color to sprinkle on and let dry hanging upside down. They make great N Scale pine trees.

By: Customer Service

Customer Service — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 22:08:17 +0000

In reply to Phil Brueck.

Hello Phil,
Super question. I use various weeds that I couldn’t tell you the names of.
I take a grocery bag and a nippers, the walk along my local railroad track and clip whatever looks good.
I use spray clear matte varnish to seal the stems and then add foliage.
Sometimes I sprinkle on fine ground foam over the foliage and adhere it with low odor hair spray just for definition.
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By: Ken Vandevoort

Ken Vandevoort — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 21:00:20 +0000

I also do it with sedum, cheap hairspray and Woodland Scenics. It didn’t take long to grow enough sedum to last a lifetime and it makes you feel bad to throw the new crop out.

By: John Besharian

John Besharian — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 18:09:30 +0000

In reply to Stefan. One of the best tools for cutting foam, rigid, closed or open cell, is an electric knife. I picked one up from Good Will years ago just for this purpose and it does an amazingly superb job. It cuts quickly and either straight of curved cuts are possible.

By: tom padgett

tom padgett — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 15:01:09 +0000

Have done the same with sedum

By: Phil Brueck

Phil Brueck — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 12:58:27 +0000

What are some good plants for use in constructing N scale trees?

By: Dean

Dean — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 12:49:52 +0000

I have also found that the spent flowers of Astilbe work great for conifer trees. And they are a perennial so you can harvest a new crop every summer.

By: David Hammer

David Hammer — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 02:54:11 +0000

In reply to Bert Mackay. You can slope your track up and then down at about a 2% grade. That would be about 1/4 inch rise or fall per foot of run. You can purchase styrofoam risers or make them your self.

By: Customer Service

Customer Service — Thu, 03 Jun 2021 16:04:40 +0000

In reply to Michael Raines.

Hi Michael,

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