Another great video Boomer! The little bushes look fantastic! You have no idea how much it helps to revisit previous videos, especially the way you break down each step. There is always something new to learn that I missed the first time, and, I'm encouraged to go back to the original video and review it as well. Thanks so much for your time and patience in teaching this craft to so many of us! I know for you it's repetitive, but for myself it's a first time learning experience. CHEERS
Wow Boomer... Just Wow. Thank you so much for sharing your techniques. I cannot convey the heartfelt appreciation I have for you in just words. I just finished 100 of the sisal rope bushes, 50 evergreens, and 50 hardwoods. I've never done anything like those in my life. I owe it all to you. All my life I've hated the "plastic" look on model railroads. I literally waited 52 years for you, and now I'm off to the races. I hope you can get some sense of just what you mean to us. God Bless you Boomer, and again many heartfelt thanks. (Now I'm off to learn scratch building!)🎉
Thank you kindly for taking the time to write that. It sounds like you built up a nice little pallet of trees, bushes, etc. Now you get to have fun composing scenery. Should be awesome! Cheers ~ Boomer.
hi Boomer, I just tried this, they came out amazing! Borrowed some old fuzzy string from my neighbor that worked perfectly. Adding the static grass has a great effect. Such a fun little project. THANKS SO MUCH BOOMER!
Hey Boomer! I don't model, l'd love to but due to an accident my hands just can't cut it, my career as a pro guitarist ended after the accident too. I just want to tell you that l get so much enjoyment from your videos, l get my modeling kicks out of your work, concepts and almost "zen" like approach when you "get in the zone" as you so eloquently put it. I could watch your videos for hours, they are so relaxing, informative and l just love how you want to share your knowledge with others while saying that you should experiment and find your own path. And your a great animal lover too!! I'm a labrador nut! On my third beautiful yellow boy called Benson. Cheers boomer. Andy
Sitting here watching your video and I heard the train horn then you mentioned the CN. About three minutes later I heard another locomotive horn sound. Again CN except this time one block from where I am currently living. Southwestern Michigan line Chicago to Port Huron former Grand Trunk Western. Ah the days of old GTW 50’s-70’s. I always enjoy your step by step explanation and encouragement to explore possibilities.
thanks again for your time to show us the details and not just jump to the finished product . Love the time you spend with us in the video keep up the Great work .
Boomer, my RU-vid made a recommendation on watching some of your earlier videos. Wow, what a great bush and small tree tutorial, so much to take away here, it is fantastic. I will need to get some sisal, and give it a try. Thank you for sharing, and cheers, stay safe, Michael
Great video. I just shared a link to your video on my Monsville Railways Facebook page. As you say, the process is the main learning curve. Hopefully you get some more views 👍 Happy modelling. Mon
Boomer I have been making sisal bushes for some time but you are again showing us how to put more detail in to them. I have also used 4 pieces of sisal to form a larger bush/ small tree 3 pieces of string the same length and 1 longer piece which goes in the middle then glue the base then tease out as normal trim if necessary. Paint as normal etc. I think this technique gives you a result as good as any! Available on the market. Thanks I find I learn something every time I watch your videos that helps to make me a better modeller 👍🚂🚂🚂🚂🌲🌳
Awesome tutorial Boomer, some great bushes and undergrowth. Definitely agree on the use of matte medium whether diluted to add branches or full strength for the leaves. Leaves much more room for control compared to spray glue. Plus, in the end it’s just way more affordable. Not to mention, way less messy. Also, compared to both diluted or full strength pva, the grab of matte medium is just so much better. And try to add a second application when one used pva as the adhesive. It will just ruin the first run.
Another great technique and they turned out great! I was up in Vancouver last Sunday and wanted to go over to anacis island to see the real deal first hand but had other things to do!
Love that you’re modelling the SRY. The past 2 years I’ve lived right next door to it in New Westminster BC. I have some SRY equipment on my N scale layout, mostly SW9 switchers for the N Vancouver grain elevator. I’ll be following your progress and watching your videos. 👍👍
I must have not had a 50/50 mix on the first flocking time. Most of the 12 mil grass came off. Will try the opposite direction and start with the matte medium mixing water with it instead the opposite direction. You are right. The rope is pretty stiff after submerging it in matte medium.
Matte medium is very versatile for all things scenery. Once you work with it for awhile you will grow to love it. Great adhesive, mixes with acrylic paint, dries transparent and flat, you can thin it as much as you want for other ground cover, ballast, dirt, etc. Cheers.
Another incredible tutorial Boomer. I'm going to give these trees a try for my n scale layout. I have down time when we are at the cottage, and what a great place to fill some of that time by creating these lakeside. Take care. Sean.
Very cool technique - right down to intentionally airbrushing darker shadows underneath and highlights above. There’s that buff again! I’ve done similar with yellow florist spray cans for leaf highlights from above on super trees but never thought to do it to the armatures themselves. Thanks as always for sharing your knowledge!
@@boomerdiorama For larger deciduous trees I really like sage brush armatures, but for smaller, scrubby trees these look perfect. Have you tried using jute with this process?
Awesome, Boomer. Thanks. I've been messing with lichens for bushes and small trees with mixed results. Lichen is perishable I think, though, and doesn't sand up well to liquids applied, and the branches are flat-ish and unrepresentative of reality. So, thanks again; scenery is still a new, experimental venture for me.
I just stumbled upon a secondary use from these bushes. The 1-2" glued portion of the bush that you use for a handle once cut off and flipped over makes a really nice tree stump.
Great tips! These look great. I have actually noticed a difference in thinning Tamiya paint... I find that the difference is: I stretch the paint further and spend less over time lol.
When you thin Tamiya and learn to shoot it through the airbrush (applying thin layers to build up), it's the cheapest hobby paint there is with the best pigment in the world. Tamiya would have to go of business before I ever stopped using it. Been shooting it onto all my award winning models in the past for over twenty five years. ;-)
When I made my trees, I spent about 8 hrs. Making roughly 400 trees. So if I spend another 12 hours, I could have a remarkable tree cover on a rather large layout. While I'm at it maybe 800 busches and no one would notice my track work. HA!HA!
Those leaves you still have from the museum days look a lot like finely shredded paper that was white but painted green on one side before it was shredded. My paper shredder generates a variety of shred sizes but I'm thinking it may be possible to filter the desired size and it would likely look like that. Just an idea. Thought I'd throw it out there.
@@boomerdiorama You're the Bob Ross of model scenery. It's not about creating tiny details as it creating thr impression of miniature detail. Lighter colors on top with darker undersides -- you've got me completely rethinking the technique. Cheers!
Another great tutorial. It probably doesn't matter but I was wondering about the thickness. Maybe you mentioned it and I missed seeing it. For example at Lowes I see they have a 0.06. 0.25 and 0.375 inch thicknesses.
Hi Boomer - I enjoyed this video and plan to give this bush construction method a try. When your bush is finished, how do you attach it to the layout? I didn't see that covered in the video unless I missed it. Do you use a bamboo skewer like you do for the trees or something else? Thanks for this series on trees! Alan
Great video Boomer! You are an asset to the train community! I am embarking on my tree and bush journey now and have a question. Are you using 3/16", 3/8" or 1/4" sisal rope?
Thanks for a great video!! Plan to try your technique and add some color to create some flowering bushes kinda like azalea bushes. Either use Woodland Scenics poly fiber or ground-up and dried colored cellulose sponge material (using a blender). Sponge idea from a RU-vid video but don't remember whose video. Quick question: Sisal rope can be purchased in numerous diameters ... could you suggest a diameter to start with similar to what you used in the video? Thanks again ... All the best ...
I use 99%. 91/70 is fine as well. With 99% you get more peer volume for the money if you thin it with distilled water. Add 30% water to 99% and you get approx.. 70%. Distilled water is only a buck a gallon!
Boomer, have you worked with Lichen on your layouts? Unless you pick it up in the wild, the store ones are already treated with glycerin to remove the sap and make them soft. Just wondering how you shaded them. Did you spray the bottom side the same way you did the bushes in this video? Thanks
I know people use Lichen. I don't use it personally, although it can be quite effective. I do spray the bottom side darker to enhance the shadow effect, then I spray the top side for light effect.😁
another great show, but i have a question that is a bit off topic. i've heard that using flat finish over ipa, or vice versa can screw up the finish. what are your thoughts on this. thank you.
If you mean "Matte Medium" flat finish I am not sure what you mean. I can spray IPA based paint all day long over acrylic matte medium or acrylic based paint as long as I don't "agitate" it. It's no different than spraying multiple coats of IPA based paint over any flat coats. If you don't agitate with a brush it won't move. If you spray pure IPA then that is a different story. I wouldn't put oil paint over a lacquer flat coat but I would put the oil paint over an acrylic coat any day of the week. I hope that answers your question.
@@boomerdiorama thanks a lot, i just ordered the second largest (1L) sized bottle from amazon, and will start making the "elastic" soil patches very soon :)) i tried the normal PVA glue, but that just sharttered after taking it off the baking paper :) your channel is a really good inspiration to me, and I always look forward for your videos!
Hi Boomer, Could you answer a quick question for me (when you get the time)? It would be much appreciated! Concerning the Polystyrene sheet siding you use to cover the plywood surface on your warehouses on River Road, what is the thickness of the sheets that you use? I have found a number of thicknesses offered by Evergreen Scale Models. Thanks!
@@randytaylor1258 It's an artist's medium similar to Mod Podge but better quality. I use it full strength for flocking leaves and also mix it with water for ballast, scenery, etc. It dries completely transparent and flat. Try and get the Liquitex brand if you can. Cheers.
I like to paint them Ron. When you paint them it puts your personal signature on things and they look different than the default "mainstream" colors. 😁
