Those trees look great. The trick of using static fibres instead of the foam is a good one, I reckon it would work well on certain types of model conifer trees.
That sea foam is the job! I've tried all kinds of armatures and foliage but this is the best I've seen for deciduous trees, thanks for the information.
I sent off for some seeds earlier this year and have round about 100 stems. This cost £3.00 and is good if you have time. After 3 and a half months I am ready to put your method into practise. I also have some hornby armatures which I picked up for half price from a closing down shop, it produced a reasonable tree but I need to compare the two. Thanks for sharing your method
just ordered some Terry , think they look a lot better than the plastic tree I have made in the past , never though of using static grass for foilage , so will give that a go now ..Thanks Dave
yes you can use what ever paint and method you like mate.but i find it easier just to use a spray bottle rather than get out and set up my airbrush then have to clean it up afterwards.i only crack out the airbrush for weathering to be honest.
If you go for a walk out in nature I'm sure you can find some plants that you can dry out. I also did this with baby's breath flowers, they came out good.
Excellent Job. I have used this method with Super trees and they came out incredible. Found a different way now with chop sticks grounded down and wire also which comes out Great also. Great Work, USA, Philadelphia, Pa !!!!
Thanks for this Terry. I have been looking for ages for a nice cheap way of making trees and out of all the videos I seen on youtube this is the best one. Quick, easy and cheap. Consider the idea sold (to me at least) Cheers, Chris
Thanks for sharing your technique. I've got several dioramas in the works and this poor artist can't afford the pre-fab ones. I spent two hours making one wire armature (wanted it to be long-lasting and realistic), but I don't want to spend all that time making one tree. This really gave me some good ideas.
I recently bought a box of sea foam for 5 EUR - about 15cm x 15cm x 15cm box packed with that stuff. Try eBay, and search for "meerschaum". They ship to EU countries. The stuff is quite good, although some of the trees are a bit flat and you have to play with it a little. A small tip - collect the leftovers, too small for a tree, then tie a few of them together using thin wire, and you'll get a nice fluffy bush. Dip it into 50/50 PVA, sprinkle with a mix of turf and flocks (the stuff I collect in a big can, remnants of various colors), and voila!
Well Terry Amberton(the name will always stay) has achieved something I would of not believed possible 7 years ago and I don't know how the magazine readers will receive it yet but what I do know is the model kneads to end on a high.Its an old dinosaur made of DC,insulfrog points,isolators and bad wiring but most of all runability. The new section will stay has this is the pinnacle I've reached and the ground from where I will start so who nose were I will end up that's the beauty of this hobby
Lol Terry I bet you wished you brought job lot now Christ the cost of my trees would of feed a small country lol. I did notice Terry the work you have done mate starting to take shape. My series of vids are all finished so the series should finish end of February will upload every two weeks on each episode in time for the mag to go out.Then take a break for a while need to get locos weathered and rolling stock sorted plus other bits and pieces,there is no long term future for Amberton Terry.Kev.
Fantastic m8...I've been trying different technics myself lately and I wasn't to happy with the results...yours look alot better than the plastic ones...thanks for sharing !!!
Great video, thanks for sharing! I think I'm going to try this method to create trees for my model and create four different versions for each actual tree. That way I can swap the model trees for the relevant season, I think it'd make the overall layout feel more real.
No idea how I got here, and it's not something I've got a particular interest in. And yet, somehow, I found it a fascinating and awesome video... The trees look very good. Top marks.
hi daz even tho my layout is dcc and i do have some sound locos, unfortunately i have never tempted to fit sound to any of my locos myself and also find the sound very annoying after a while so therefore i would not know where to start when it comes to fitting a pendo with sound. if you type it into youtube you may find a video on this subject if not call howes models and they will be able to help you. good luck terry
i found it a little warmer in winter but its still as hot in the summer.i have not been in the loft for nearly two months as its been so hot outside and in the loft too.so i am beginning to think its a waste of money now. although my house does seem to stay warmer in the winter since i installed it.
There good trees Terry I've got 138 of these mate on my layout mixed in with other types to give me now 180 odd trees in total. On my up and coming series I've made(50 Shades of Green) I've covered these trees in episode 3 which will go out end of January but with your following you'll get a lot more views than me lol. Did you get these trees from Gaugemaster has they are really cheap mate I pay £18 a box from them I've had 6 boxes from them and sauced others from model shops on the web.Kev.
Fantastic video. I've been using Woodland Scenics tree armatues and I agree they don't look very real. Can you tell me what brand and stock number of the mid-summer static grass you used for the tree leaves? Thanks, Chuck Evans, Minnesota, USA.
Thanks for the great video. Made some of trees myself using your instructions. Just started a youtube channel for my layout so I've made a short video showing some of the trees. Been watching your channel for a few months for great ideas.
Nice one Terry. Here's some tips regarding the trees-(I'm not hijacking your ideas, just adding to them, I hope!!) In the 70's a series presented by Bob Symes was on the telly.(Look him up on YT). He wrote a few books too. Anyway he mentioned somewhere the perspective of 4mm scale trees,and advises that because of their "age" can exceed 30cm in 4mm. I made some to '0' gauge, and they looked very big! But when compared to the real thing seemed OK. (howarth004 has made a few too!) Cheers Bob
superb m8, thanks for the how to vid, and your right these look fantastic, you know you could make a fortune selling these on e bay, i seen someone selling oak trees on there at £10 a shot and he had sold about 28 of them, but cheers for the tip this is what im going to do for my layout, great vid
Hi. Do you have an old food blender. If so, take out the contents of a stuffed teddy bear and blend it. Put into a mixing bowl with some different tins of green paint. You will have good tree parts and shrubbery.
yes are nearly as good and it saves me lots of money.yes the music has gone missing for some reason.i did include music but dont know where its gone and cannot be bothered to re-do it again.
well the video should be ready very soon kev. what do you mean amberton has no long term future? are you thinking of getting rid or maybe replacing it with a different layout?
I'm impressed, your trees seem easy to make, look great, and very economical ! Are Gaugemaster Seafoam Trees available in the U.S.? I have all of the materials needed except the trees. There is a product called Supertrees from the company Scenic Express which is available. They look similar to Gaugemaster Seafoam Trees. Have you seen "Model railroad scenery: Modeling quick realistic trees" using real tree roots ? You may find this interesting. Well done, thank you.
hi kev i have had this box of seamoss for a while and cannot remember if i got them from gaugemaster or trains4u. i have just learnt that i got them cheap as like you said they are now £18 which means they have gone up shitloads since i got them around a year ago. i have just uploaded another layout update matey and i have done a fair bit to the layout. terry
hi dave yes i have had it for a while and cannot believe how much its gone up in a year.still £20 for around 40 trees is still far cheaper than ready made trees. terry
They look very much like the Scenic Express "super trees", available on my side of the pond. They're about the same price too (unless you splash out on the big box of approx 400 trees which I have seen on-line for as little as $78). I've not tried them yet, but I have a pack on order.
cool i like them thank you for the video . can u do a video how to fit sound to pendolino from start to finish plz as i dont know how to as i am new at this my layout is dcc and what thing do i need to do the sound thank you hope u get back to . thank u daz
happy new year jason. i have just uploaded another long update with lots of work done on the layout.its just processing right now but should be ready to watch soon tho. terry
Nice to see once again the old arrows of indecision from British Rail I recall a sign that said British Rail regrets to announce - all trains running as normal
im trying to do some star wars figures and there 12 inches i see this working im in wyoming soo geting sage would be easy i was going to use juniper ends for the foilage though, i think ur doing this for minature models ect, i thing for a 12 in figure i will have to trim sage ans use almost full bush
Lol I reckon they saw your video and decided they could make more money :) I am making some of these trees at the moment and I don't mind paying this price the end product is well worth it and like you say the hornby etc are expensive and look too plastic. Thanks again for posting your vid.
yes i did.took me long enough tho,lol.i now know others use this method but no one wants to share it so i thought i show others and help save others money like i did.
Hi what size do they average. I ask as it's for tabletop gamming and the units are 28mm. So I want trees around 60mm up to 140mm Thanks and I wish I could get it for £7 lol. Thanks for the vid great help as trees are stupid money. I need around 50 60 trees
Those trees look great. The trick of using static fibres instead of the foam is a good one, I reckon it would work well on certain types of model conifer trees.
That sea foam is the job! I've tried all kinds of armatures and foliage but this is the best I've seen for deciduous trees, thanks for the information.
I sent off for some seeds earlier this year and have round about 100 stems. This cost £3.00 and is good if you have time. After 3 and a half months I am ready to put your method into practise. I also have some hornby armatures which I picked up for half price from a closing down shop, it produced a reasonable tree but I need to compare the two. Thanks for sharing your method
just ordered some Terry , think they look a lot better than the plastic tree I have made in the past , never though of using static grass for foilage , so will give that a go now ..Thanks Dave
your welcome dave.they do look very good once put on the layout.
yes you can use what ever paint and method you like mate.but i find it easier just to use a spray bottle rather than get out and set up my airbrush then have to clean it up afterwards.i only crack out the airbrush for weathering to be honest.
If you go for a walk out in nature I'm sure you can find some plants that you can dry out. I also did this with baby's breath flowers, they came out good.
Excellent Job. I have used this method with Super trees and they came out incredible. Found a different way now with chop sticks grounded down and wire also which comes out Great also. Great Work, USA, Philadelphia, Pa !!!!
I shall get this instead of hornby's stuff when I build my shunting layout, cheers dude. A real help there!
its well worth a try.its far easier and cheaper and the end results are very good.
Thanks for this Terry. I have been looking for ages for a nice cheap way of making trees and out of all the videos I seen on youtube this is the best one. Quick, easy and cheap. Consider the idea sold (to me at least)
Cheers,
Chris
Thanks for sharing your technique. I've got several dioramas in the works and this poor artist can't afford the pre-fab ones. I spent two hours making one wire armature (wanted it to be long-lasting and realistic), but I don't want to spend all that time making one tree. This really gave me some good ideas.
I recently bought a box of sea foam for 5 EUR - about 15cm x 15cm x 15cm box packed with that stuff. Try eBay, and search for "meerschaum". They ship to EU countries. The stuff is quite good, although some of the trees are a bit flat and you have to play with it a little.
A small tip - collect the leftovers, too small for a tree, then tie a few of them together using thin wire, and you'll get a nice fluffy bush. Dip it into 50/50 PVA, sprinkle with a mix of turf and flocks (the stuff I collect in a big can, remnants of various colors), and voila!
thanks for the info and tips. i will be sure to give it a go.
Yes I have just bought a box of fifty for that price on ebay 👍👍👍
These trees are realy easy to grow from seed,if you have worm green house.
Ive made lots for Banks road now Terry.
I've been looking for a quick tree method for a frustratingly long time. Thanks for solving that problem! This method looks great. :-)
Well Terry Amberton(the name will always stay) has achieved something I would of not believed possible 7 years ago and I don't know how the magazine readers will receive it yet but what I do know is the model kneads to end on a high.Its an old dinosaur made of DC,insulfrog points,isolators and bad wiring but most of all runability.
The new section will stay has this is the pinnacle I've reached and the ground from where I will start so who nose were I will end up that's the beauty of this hobby
Lol Terry I bet you wished you brought job lot now Christ the cost of my trees would of feed a small country lol.
I did notice Terry the work you have done mate starting to take shape.
My series of vids are all finished so the series should finish end of February will upload every two weeks on each episode in time for the mag to go out.Then take a break for a while need to get locos weathered and rolling stock sorted plus other bits and pieces,there is no long term future for Amberton Terry.Kev.
Thanks for the cost cutting tip. I love all your tips and i be using them on my layout.
Thanks Terry very nice vid. I think it's a great way to make trees I'll give it a go.
Nice vid terry. When do we get to see all the latest progress on the layout? Happy new year to you all. Jason.
Very good tutorial, thanks. You make the job look very straightforward and the results are excellent.
Fantastic m8...I've been trying different technics myself lately and I wasn't to happy with the results...yours look alot better than the plastic ones...thanks for sharing !!!
Brilliant...this will save me a fortune..thanks for sharing.
Nice one Terry I will doing the same when seafoam static grass arrive, Good video, thanks keep the good work going
Terry
thanks for the kind comment mate, glad you enjoyed the video.
wow very nice thanks for sharing this will save me tons of money with the kids projects!!!an some home ones as well!!!
very effective thank you a great way of making trees
From all videos like this spread in youtube, this one is my favorite !! Excelent job !!
Great video, thanks for sharing!
I think I'm going to try this method to create trees for my model and create four different versions for each actual tree. That way I can swap the model trees for the relevant season, I think it'd make the overall layout feel more real.
Thanks.they look just as good as the rtr stuff at a fraction of the price so well worth doing them yourself.
No idea how I got here, and it's not something I've got a particular interest in. And yet, somehow, I found it a fascinating and awesome video... The trees look very good. Top marks.
Brilliant idea trees look great
thanks
hi daz
even tho my layout is dcc and i do have some sound locos, unfortunately i have never tempted to fit sound to any of my locos myself and also find the sound very annoying after a while so therefore i would not know where to start when it comes to fitting a pendo with sound.
if you type it into youtube you may find a video on this subject if not call howes models and they will be able to help you.
good luck
terry
Nice and simple with impressive results,hope your not smoking that stuff ,lol,cheers.
that will certainly save some money, thank you! could you also brown enamel and use a spray gun?
your welcome.my aim is to help others on the way and to try and save us all money as this hobby aint cheap.
yeah i did buy them a while back so im not surprised they have gone up in price.im sure you can buy them elsewhere cheaper.
Well done with the demo ... I have this tree pack I'm just not ready to make them yet. When are we going to see loco's running on the new layout :)
Excellent video!
i found it a little warmer in winter but its still as hot in the summer.i have not been in the loft for nearly two months as its been so hot outside and in the loft too.so i am beginning to think its a waste of money now.
although my house does seem to stay warmer in the winter since i installed it.
There good trees Terry I've got 138 of these mate on my layout mixed in with other types to give me now 180 odd trees in total.
On my up and coming series I've made(50 Shades of Green) I've covered these trees in episode 3 which will go out end of January but with your following you'll get a lot more views than me lol.
Did you get these trees from Gaugemaster has they are really cheap mate I pay £18 a box from them I've had 6 boxes from them and sauced others from model shops on the web.Kev.
Fantastic video. I've been using Woodland Scenics tree armatues and I agree they don't look very real. Can you tell me what brand and stock number of the mid-summer static grass you used for the tree leaves? Thanks, Chuck Evans, Minnesota, USA.
Thanks for the great video. Made some of trees myself using your instructions. Just started a youtube channel for my layout so I've made a short video showing some of the trees. Been watching your channel for a few months for great ideas.
your welcome glad it is of some help to you. i will check out your channel to see how your trees turned out.
Nice one Terry. Here's some tips regarding the trees-(I'm not hijacking your ideas, just adding to them, I hope!!) In the 70's a series presented by Bob Symes was on the telly.(Look him up on YT). He wrote a few books too. Anyway he mentioned somewhere the perspective of 4mm scale trees,and advises that because of their "age" can exceed 30cm in 4mm. I made some to '0' gauge, and they looked very big! But when compared to the real thing seemed OK. (howarth004 has made a few too!) Cheers Bob
superb m8, thanks for the how to vid, and your right these look fantastic, you know you could make a fortune selling these on e bay, i seen someone selling oak trees on there at £10 a shot and he had sold about 28 of them, but cheers for the tip this is what im going to do for my layout, great vid
oh sorry.it depends on the sign really.sometimes i use solder wire or cotton buds then paint them.
Thanks for sharing your technique
excellent.
thanks mate glad you enjoyed it.
Hi. Do you have an old food blender. If so, take out the contents of a stuffed teddy bear and blend it. Put into a mixing bowl with some different tins of green paint. You will have good tree parts and shrubbery.
Good video!
HC Treintje Herman from Belgium.
learning loads cheers.
Well done just what I was after.will the hair spray hold up after time?
yes are nearly as good and it saves me lots of money.yes the music has gone missing for some reason.i did include music but dont know where its gone and cannot be bothered to re-do it again.
Superb bud.. Been looking for a cheaper alternative and think this is the way... Order some of this up! Ta mate
well thank you very much.its good to know that some one that does not have any interest in this hobby appreciates the end result.
cheers gerard.hopefully it will help others on their way.
Absolutely helpful video.
Really cool idea! I love it I’m gonna do this on my king tiger build.
well the video should be ready very soon kev.
what do you mean amberton has no long term future?
are you thinking of getting rid or maybe replacing it with a different layout?
hi Terry, perfect tutorial ! Gérard.
yh mate you found out the secret as well , great job on the trees very realistic.
well they are from gaugemaster but i think other places sell it also like trains4u.
your very welcome mate.glad i can be of some help.
I'm impressed, your trees seem easy to make, look great, and very economical ! Are Gaugemaster Seafoam Trees available in the U.S.? I have all of the materials needed except the trees. There is a product called Supertrees from the company Scenic Express which is available. They look similar to Gaugemaster Seafoam Trees. Have you seen "Model railroad scenery: Modeling quick realistic trees" using real tree roots ?
You may find this interesting. Well done, thank you.
Nice work & demo , they look the same as the expensive ones , great! , is the music missing from the start of you vids ? ....jim
hi kev
i have had this box of seamoss for a while and cannot remember if i got them from gaugemaster or trains4u.
i have just learnt that i got them cheap as like you said they are now £18 which means they have gone up shitloads since i got them around a year ago.
i have just uploaded another layout update matey and i have done a fair bit to the layout.
terry
hi dave
yes i have had it for a while and cannot believe how much its gone up in a year.still £20 for around 40 trees is still far cheaper than ready made trees.
terry
They look very much like the Scenic Express "super trees", available on my side of the pond. They're about the same price too (unless you splash out on the big box of approx 400 trees which I have seen on-line for as little as $78). I've not tried them yet, but I have a pack on order.
you will have to let me know what they are like when you get them.
Glebe Road Junction
I'll let you know. I'll also be putting updates on my channel from time to time.
mpeterll M
thank you very much.
cool i like them thank you for the video . can u do a video how to fit sound to pendolino from start to finish plz as i dont know how to as i am new at this my layout is dcc and what thing do i need to do the sound thank you hope u get back to . thank u daz
no probs mate glad it can be of some help to you.
Them trees look great mate :)
thanks terry glad you liked the video.
terry
looking good,are you going to start selling these?? i would devvo buy some,they look amazing!! :D
this is a great technique
thanks for the info bob
terry
happy new year jason.
i have just uploaded another long update with lots of work done on the layout.its just processing right now but should be ready to watch soon tho.
terry
cheers mate.
Nice to see once again the old arrows of indecision from British Rail
I recall a sign that said British Rail regrets to announce - all trains running as normal
the only issue with that is sending them by post as they are quite brittle.
your very welcome matey.
That big orange box from gaugemaster is now £19 + Terry , you must have had that one A While , or they saw your video and pushed the price up ...Dave
cheers.
Gaugemaster seafoam trees are a bit more expensive over here in the US - about $30.
im trying to do some star wars figures and there 12 inches i see this working im in wyoming soo geting sage would be easy i was going to use juniper ends for the foilage though, i think ur doing this for minature models ect, i thing for a 12 in figure i will have to trim sage ans use almost full bush
Lol I reckon they saw your video and decided they could make more money :) I am making some of these trees at the moment and I don't mind paying this price the end product is well worth it and like you say the hornby etc are expensive and look too plastic. Thanks again for posting your vid.
good luck making them trees mate.
terry
awesome !!! thanks for shared ! it's useful for me :)
well i have just uploaded another update video but with no trains running tho, sorry.but i might have some train action on the next video.
Once these trees are finished, does it retain a strong chemical smell?
muy bonito, me encanta
lol, cheers chris im glad it has helped you mate.
terry
awesome!
Great tree making well done. keep up the good work. :-)
I'am going todo my trees, to decorate my Nativity , what can of branches do recomend?
excuse me, what's the specie of this branch?? i would like to do one of them. thank you!!
yes i did.took me long enough tho,lol.i now know others use this method but no one wants to share it so i thought i show others and help save others money like i did.
Hi what size do they average. I ask as it's for tabletop gamming and the units are 28mm. So I want trees around 60mm up to 140mm
Thanks and I wish I could get it for £7 lol. Thanks for the vid great help as trees are stupid money. I need around 50 60 trees
thanks.
How tall are the trees (inches), thinking of getting some for my Warhammer 40k terrain I am making.