Here is a chart I found just recently.
Gives height, trunk diameters, etc..
Perhaps you will find it useful.

Thanks
Dave, dacs, old dude

I'm never having another birthday.
The candles have started costing too much.

Wow, I was not expecting this thread to pick up again.

Thanks for the new life in a very old thread.

I never used the flocking straight out of the shaker bottle. I would put it into a bowl and just take a pinch and sprinkle it onto the branches. That way I had much better control over the amount used.

I also used forest floor blend and sifted it to get just the static grass and the little brown things. That was a bonus. They looked like pine cones.

Good work on your trees.

Thanks
Dave

I'm never having another birthday. The candles have started costing too much.

Thanks for all the info James. Very helpful.


So I have been close. So far, the tallest tree I have made in n scale is 7 1/2". So that is 100'.

The reason for my asking was the fact that I am wanting to model trees that exceed 200'. I just didn't know how far to push the height in n scale. So now, I can model some very large trees.

Of course, the bigger, the more detail required. Especially the trunks.

Now I order some fiber paste!

Thanks again James.

Dave

Thanks Tom and everyone else who came here and left comments. Some of the trees I would like to model, are very huge. Can someone tell me what is the equivalent measururemt in fractions?

We're talking up to from 100' to 300'.

I lived in Washington State for 18 years and never grew tired of the feeling of being overwhelmed by the sheer size of the trees. Magnificent is the only word that fits!

Oops, sorry about waxing poetic.

Anyway, the question is still there.

Thanks
Dave

I forgot to mention that I am talking n scale

 

Good morning again.
Here are pics of the tree branches painted, the flocking and the trunk stained with alcohol/ink mix.
For the flocking, I've included a pic of the hair spray I use to attach the flocking. Believe me, it lives up to its name.

Thanks for dropping by.

Olddude (Dacs)

I'm not having anymore birthdays. The candles have started costing too much.

Hey all!
Thanks for all the comments.
In answer to the above question. I use sisal rope fibers, soaked in water to remove the twist.
Then wind them up in copper wire.
Then trim them to shape.
For foliage, as they are for n & ho scale use, I use 1 & 2mm static grass.

Here is a pic of one undressed to give you an idea of how they are made.

I will be doing a step by step.

Thanks
Dave, Olddude

These three are supposed to represent blue spruce or yew, western hemlock and lodgepole pine.
The first of the trees do look a little sparse, but they are getting better as I go along.

Olddude

Hey Dave

I am modeling trees of the Pacific Northwest.
I lived there for 18 years.
I say reasonable facsimile because it is very hard for me to model in n scale. Eyes and fingers not as bright  nor nimble, being 80 years young.
But I have pics of every tree I am trying to model.
But, it's more for the overall picture.
I am using copper wire and sisal rope fibers for the trunk and branches. Static grass for foliage and on some, iron weed stems for trunks.
I will do a how to soon.

Thanks
Olddude

Good morning!
Don't get in much. But, thought I would drop in with my latest endeavor.
N and ho scale conifers.
My plan is to make at least 200.
Ambitious for me. But, here's a shot of 50 of them.
The lighting isn't great, got to work on that. They are not as yellow as they appear.
The building is n scale to give perspective.
There is a reasonable facsimile mix of lodge pole pines, yews and western hemlock.
At least in my eye.
I made them at different heights to give texture. I don't care for the all the same look, look.

Well there has been a lot of water under the bridge since I last posted here.
Made a major move from Seattle to West Virginia! Been here 6 years and am still experiencing culture shock.
Don't have room to get back into O scale, so I have decide to start over in Ho scale.
Anyhow, I loved the mountains and all the green in the Northwest, so, I am going to continue that into my new layout?
First I have never built an Ho scale tree. I have scratchbuilt every tree in O scale.
Here is a photo of my first ever Ho scale conifer.

Started this two days ago.

Whew! Tough stuff.

This is not a tree you would cover your whole layout with.
Too intense.

Thanks
Dave


I am not having anymore birthdays. The candles have started costing to much.

O, nevermind my last post, I just figured it out. Do I feel dumb.

These are scratchbuilt, with a jig I designed and built.

I have constructed 30 signals of brass and copper. Some dual interlocks.

Dave

What size ledd's. Are in your signals. I use 1.6mm bi-color in mine
Would love to post a pic of my ho scale search lights but, the thread won't let me.

Dave

Yesss, I wholeheartedly agree on the wiring. If I never got a single piece of scenery, buildings, etc.,
Track, wiring and electronics being played with, I would be like a pig in slop😄 love the electronics!!!

Dave

I am not having any more birthdays. The candles are costing too much!

Well Bernd

I have PCB Express in my comp..
It is what I have used to design the boards.
I do not use the sch. Part.
I just use the circuit design files.
I would give you a screen shot of a board design, but the forum does not always seem to give me the ability

Dave

Lolol...how on earth did end up with three of me?
I won't need to put my handle up for two more posts!