I've been experimenting with a method of making tree cover from some Kalmbach publication that I bought. It's the old Polyfiber routine. I put down some lightly diluted white glue and stretched the stuff horizontally as best I could. Next day after it's secure, I "teased" it vertically to different heights and as high as I can get it. Then I sprayed it with some 70% alcohol and sprayed a diluted white glue on it. I put some dark green coarse turf on it, but it's too green for my taste, so I sprayed it with glue and used light green coarse turf, followed with blended light green turf. I had made some "Super Trees" but they were too big for this as shown in the one photo. I picked limbs and branches off and put them into the other stuff here and there to look like a tree sticking up. This is my first attempt at this. After everything is dry, I can tweak and detail some more. This is the East end of Newburg and I'm going to continue working east till I run out of hill. Then it's time to extend the hill east. Please criticize and comment.
LOL...For a moment there, you had me singing "With the sound of whistles. A song that hasn't been sung in over 60 years!" Looks great. Thanks for the detailed explanation.
Don, what you have done so far looks great, you might want to try using burnt grass in fine and course turf. It is a shade darker than light green, but gives it a flat tone to the hills. Also, try using it in in conjunction to what you have, this will vary the the color tone of the hillside to break the monotony of continuos greens. I wish I would have done it on my layout, but I still can do it. You do yours first, post some pictures! LOL! John
I want to sprinkle some "Burnt Grass" color on things when I get some to break up the green. I tend to go for more muted colors instead of something that pops.
Beautiful! I'm gonna try that method next time for sure. I think it's dead on. Thanks for the inspiration.
From my old eyes, it kinda loks like the trees have been over run with Kudzu. It may look a lot different in person. So I would think that some other green shades where individual "trees" would be would help.
Howdy Don, The grassy knoll with trees and brush looks convincing. Nicely done. As I recall from a many years past Malcom Furlow clinic in Tulsa, sprinkling burnt grass over scenery tends to give it a more homogenious and realistic look. I am into muted colors, too. Troels Kirk, a member of Railroad Line Forums, artist, modelers, and living in Sweden, has done a terrific job with muted colors. His recently published video is inspiring and makes the point well. Here is a link to a thread about his New England seashore narrow gauge layout: http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=36954. It is the beginning of volume 6 of his construction chronicle and has links to the other five. Best, Mike Corley
Don, I think it looks a lot like many of the overgrown, dense forests in many places of Missouri. Thanks for the ideas!
I'm only 5 years oat on this one, but nicely done, Don. Reminds me a lot of the bluff overlooking the yard at Chaffee. The color/texture variation seems to be spot-on. I seem to swing between either looking like "Toy Story" Buzz Lightyear green, or a Tehachapi Pass sagebrush brown. Best Regards,
Dont know how I managed to overlook this thread for sooo long. Thats some great scenery Don. I like your method, very good scenery
The scenes look very nice, bushes and trees with vines growing. Many places on the Frisco looked just like that, mostly toward Joplin, Pitcher and Miami areas. Branch lines like Galena, the low end of the Wichita line. The rock outcropping look great for up through Clinton and South toward Monett.
