Model railroading is an adventure that we take for many reasons. Maybe it’s the thrill of watching trains run we remember from our youth or recreating scenes we’ve seen that stuck with us. Maybe it’s a longing for yesteryear or listening to the thunder of modern motive power. Regardless of the reason we take on the adventure of creating on own worlds in miniature. I’m no different so enjoy as I take you along for the adventures I have. Welcome to Model Railroad Adventures with Bill.
Just found this video after watching so many and so glad I did. Trees look great and don’t take forever to make. Now just to find the materials here in Western Australia
Enjoy your videos very much. Lots O' great scratch building going on. Budget for most can be an issue. Your scenery aproach is my kinda style. Thank you. Keep em' coming Mr. Bill.
The Great Western ran through Elmhurst Illinois the town I grew up in which became the Illinois prairie path I have original railroad ties spikes rails a lot of stuff from that railroad
Hey Bill, Very good video and helpful. Your finished product looks great! I was wondering if you could shed more light on the specific brand of furnace filter material you are using. Home Depot in our area only has fiberglass filter material, and I think you mentioned that the material you use is a natural fiber (14:57). Are you using Hog Hair filter material perhaps? We tried using Scotch-Brite scouring pads (Industrial Strength); the only thing we could find that seemed close, and it worked OK, but those are no fun to pull apart into thin layers. This seems to be the key part of great looking trees so we'd like to get it right. Thanks!
It’s called NaturalAire. I haven’t checked Home Depot in a while but I see online that places like Ace Hardware and others carry it. It works perfect for these trees 😃
Along the way, I've heard that seafoam branches can be sprayed with a little glycerin ... maybe diluted a bit ... to keep them pliable. Currently, I have seafoam seedlings ready for transplanting into larger deck pots to grow during the summer into fall. My first experiment with growing them! Ever hear about the glycerin? Seems your diluted white glue worked well. Cheers ...
You should retured Dr. Valish. He has a wooden caboose on rails and otger Oelwein hub items in his home tard...and a train track real scale,1:1. He lives on South Frederick st. By the city park south of town
Just dropping you a quick note. I have been using your style of tree building on my 0n30 layout. Yes, I have tweaked it just a bit like any modeling person does, but thank you for all you do. Hoping next year I can get my layout to the Coastal Rail Buff show for 2025. Thanks again.
Dear Bill, said it before, great to see how you’re preparing the display for the presentation of your tree building clinic. Also, a great reminder in footage of your method. Curious to see how the crowd will react at the NMRA meet. Cheerio
Lot of work, but then end result is worth it. I'm getting the hang of deciduous trees, I need to challenge myself with some evergreens. Thanks for the video, enjoyed the Amtrak ride. Take care!
Dear Bill, very cool you’re doing a tree building clinic for this NMRA meet. Very much like the approach you’re taking, with the line of trees in different phases and a bunch of prepped wire armatures for folks to make some tree building attempts! Sort of doesn’t surprise me that painting the armatures first and then slathering ‘m in Mod Podge and ground cover, works better. Might be that an acrylic works best. However, any paint cover of the florist wire with its rope will create a better bite for the Mod Podge. With the Mod Podge added before painting, the rope may just suck out the moisture of the glue to quickly. The paint first will fill up the pores to prevent such. You might even be able to use a cheapo dispersion primer. On the running action of the Mod Podge, it just sticks much better to especially acrylic surfaces. Cheerio
Novel idea...why not show us how to make trees! You talk around it, but never hands on how you make your trees. It's frustrating to the new modeler when you and others never show exactly how you make something on camera by doing it.
You can do a search of the videos on the channel. Type in Build a Tree with Bill and you see the process step by step. You can also do a keyword search for trees. I’ve got a number of videos out there showing construction of both conifers and deciduous trees 👍🏼
Also look for the video I have out called Build Realistic N and Z scale trees. It shows how I build this style of tree from start to finish. The other video I tend to use for larger scales
Glad a model railroader from Virginia. I’m a beginner from Chester. Some things take a while for me (100% Disabled Veteran), but won’t quit. Please keep up the great work!
You are not too far from me. I’m in the north end of the city up near Short Pump. Slow and steady does win for everything so yes keep at it . And thank you for the compliment and for your service to our country !!
