Trees a crowd

Putting some meat on the bones of your trees without having to go nuts with the mail-order catalog shouldn't be a problem, but we need to do some scrounging around for materials. Several things can be used to fill out your trees. The first to try is small plant roots. Dig a hole, jump in a ditch or a stream bed and dig around for some tree or plant roots, the smaller the better. No roots, no problem. How about some Scotch-brite, or whatever they call it there. You know, inner-woven fiberous thingies you scrub pots and pans with. No? Well, how about some fiberous insulation? Preferably the kind used to fill coats, pillows, sleeping bags, etc. The next thing you need is spray glue. I use 3-M Super 77 or Super 90 spray glue, great stuff, but any spray glue will work. Use super glue to glue the tree branches onto your trunks. Cut the Scotch-brite or fibers into small, irregular pieces, and spray the trunks and branches of your trees with spray glue. Stick the pieces of Scotch-brite or fiber onto the sticky branches and let dry. Once dry, you can use tweezers to fluff-up the fibers and pull them to their final shapes or use scissors to gently cut them to shape. Spray the whole top of the tree with spray glue again and sprinkle on your dried herbs for leaves. Paint when dry. This will produce very nice looking trees

Wacky,
Check my post in this section, "Zero Grounded", you will see my palm trees and other vegetation.

Hope this helps,

Mark

Thanks for the tips leopold, some good ideas there. I shall put them to work.

I'll check your post out markiii, it'll be good to see what you came up with too.

See ya, Wacky

Good luck on building the trees wacky. Post some pictures when completed.
mark956

You could also use some fine steel wool and coloured sawdust to create leaves and shrubbery

If you're lookin' to buy ready made trees, there is company called "Dept. 56" that produces Xmas villages. They make an assortment of palm trees. Theyare a little bit pricey, $45.00US for 5 trees. I caught some on sale a while back at a Xmas type store. They are perfectly sizes for 1/35.

Good one, Leoplod..! I used to use bits of sponge to 'fill in' the inside and give volume, but that method does not leave enough 'holes', no 'see-through' effect... Yep, good tips.

Thanks,

Domi