Stunning. Thanks for the photos. Agree grey brown tree shade trunk

Hi Martin,

Think the trees look great and that you should keep them.

Found this....

https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/401556859112?chn=ps

Might not be any good but not a great expense.

Also, being picky, sorry, but apple blossom is usually pinky white turning white.

Anyway, great stuff. I haven't made a bush yet, let alone a tree so I'll shut up.

Cheers weave 

Just found this treemendously useful and interesting thread. Thank you Martin for setting it going and to the other contributors to date.

My own efforts have been poor to date. Not worthy of photos. However, who knows what the future might hold... 🌲

It's always a bit funny when someone insists that trees should be scale height when we built layouts that are almost never scale length - stations are compressed, trains are too, curves on the line have to be sharper to get them round before they fall off the board... Why shouldn't trees be compressed too.

Quote from: CarriageShed on May 29, 2019, 12:46:33 PM
It's always a bit funny when someone insists that trees should be scale height when we built layouts that are almost never scale length - stations are compressed, trains are too, curves on the line have to be sharper to get them round before they fall off the board... Why shouldn't trees be compressed too.

Because then they'd be called cardboard 

Continuing on with this thread, I've had a go at creating a copper beech using the same grape stalk and green bush clusters technique.
08C1EFA7-8275-4C58-8973-CCBE0827C052 by martin scane, on Flickr
I've painted the finished tree with a browny/red mix to try to recreate a copper beech colour with a tinge of green.  Hopefully it works reasonably well.
Here it is on Trepol Bay but it will be going to our club layout if we are all happy with it. In which case, no doubt, I'll be tasked with making a few more.

I noticed a while ago that when you take the grapes from the stalks they have a tree-like appearance and although I haven't used them yet I have been stocking up on them for use in the future. Good to see how they can look when used as the tree structure.

Is it me, or is it the photo - but is it a bit too glossy? 

Hope that you don't mind the criticism Martin, it's way better than anything I've achieved.

Quote from: keithbythe sea on June 05, 2019, 08:24:21 PM
Is it me, or is it the photo - but is it a bit too glossy? 

Hope that you don't mind the criticism Martin, it's way better than anything I've achieved.

Thanks Keith, comments are always most welcome.
I agree, it does seem to  be little glossy but I based that on real ones which do seem to have waxy leaves.
Plus the light makes it look worse I think. The sun was shining directly in from outside plus I had ceiling spotlights on and I did purposely use acrylic gloss. I've now placed it on our Club layout (it's much darker there) and it looks ok.
However, I think I'll try another and finish it with a clear matt wash next time and see how that looks.