Scratchbuilt birch trees

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Scratchbuilt birch trees

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Hi!

I have not posted for a while on the forums, but I'm back now :)

I thought, I'd share my scratchbuilt birch trees and the build process. Any helpful comments are welcome.
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I started with a few twigs:

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and a bag of seafoam:

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I spray painted them white and added the black bark pattern with a black pen.
Then I drilled small holes in the trunk and glued the seafoam on it:


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Brown primer on the branches:

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Then spray glued and sprinkled Noch leaves (different shades) on the branches:


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I also made a video of the build process:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Wk5TTWvyGY
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They look really good. Think I should have a go. Last time I made a tree it looked like somebody had stuck things to a twig, they had, it was me.
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They look very good. It's amazing how many silver birch trees there are on railway embankments.
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Very life like, well done.
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They look great!
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