Scratchbuilt birch trees
Scratchbuilt birch trees
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.
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.
Last edited by daviis on Tue Mar 14, 2023 6:17 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Scratchbuilt birch trees
I started with a few twigs:
and a bag of seafoam:
and a bag of seafoam:
Last edited by daviis on Tue Mar 14, 2023 6:17 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Scratchbuilt birch trees
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:
Then I drilled small holes in the trunk and glued the seafoam on it:
Last edited by daviis on Tue Mar 14, 2023 6:17 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Brown primer on the branches:
Last edited by daviis on Tue Mar 14, 2023 6:16 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Then spray glued and sprinkled Noch leaves (different shades) on the branches:
Last edited by daviis on Tue Mar 14, 2023 6:16 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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I also made a video of the build process:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Wk5TTWvyGY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Wk5TTWvyGY
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Re: Scratchbuilt birch trees
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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