Trees!

My father is a devoted tinkerer, always building another miniature railway scenery. Now he showed me how to create really lovely trees and bushes. I try to explain and show how it's done.

You need:
  • Sea cypress. I got mine from architekturbedarf.de
  • Micro foliage. I got mine from Heki, they offer four different colors
  • Micro bloom to cover the ground, also Heki
  • Express wood glue or spray-on glue
  • Hairspray
  • Quartz sand
  • Umbra
  • Paper towel
  • A brush, a cardboard box, an arosol, a little bit of patience and time
  • Rigid styrofoam (for base)
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Cut the cypress until it looks like a tree. Clear the lower trunk.
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Coat the trunk and the strong branches with wood glue.
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Grit the trunk with quartz sand and let it dry. Repeat at discretion.
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If the trunk is bulky enough, paint it umbra.
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Wrap the trunk with paper towel. Prepare a 1:8 mixture wood glue /water. Spray the tree with it above the trunk. Shake carefully.
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Grit the branches with micro foliage and let it dry. Make sure to place the tree upright when drying or it will get flat. Repeat once, let it dry again.
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Spray tree with hairspray to harden it.