Hi Andy, more great tips and techniques for the old memory banks come the time at Exehaven. I really think good trees add some much to a layout or diorama. Cheers for now mate, John
I’m enjoying your videos and am gradually improving a model I built during lockdown with various techniques. I have been making quite a few trees but have hit on a further method that might be worth sharing - most sea foam trees are fairly tall and thin and have very thin and often brittle trunks. I realised that using a grape stalk as a trunk and core branches and then gluing sea foam branches on using wood glue gives a sturdier structure before then adding the scatter. It’s also possible to get a good ‘oak’ shape. Looking forward to seeing more of your excellent tips.
Fabulous techniques there. Loved it........Some time back I saw a video where the seafoam trees were straightened out by running a soldering along the stem..(well gripped at either end of course!) and it seemed to work quite well and was very quick to accomplish. I havent tried it myself yet, especially as I have hands like a bunch of bananas.P.S. Just remembered.. He did hang them as you have done with weights and spray wetted them before running the soldering iron up and down the stems. They magically `uncurled'....All the best
@@1212haro I’m not sure which plant family it belongs to but I think it’s often seen as a weed! Here is a good link to a website which provides information steamtraininfo.com/sea-foam
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Magic! Just received my seafoam trees today - so beautiful. Still need to buy some scenic cement (it does look to be the right product to ensure success as a newbie). Great video thanks.
I got some sea foam ages ago to do this but never got around to it. Will certainly be using your methods when I do. Thanks Ps live the flicking toothbrush technique.
Hi Andy, some great techniques on the trees, I do have a lot of crooked seafoam so I now know how to straighten them! Keep up with the great videos! Cheers Gary