Talking T Gauge The Original Forum Dedicated to the World's Smallest Model Railroad Scale    FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  T Trees - updated progress Goto page Previous  1, 2          Talking T Gauge Forum Index -> Modeling in T View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message trainspotter-usa Joined: 04 Sep 2008 Posts: 315 Location: Minnesota Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 5:44 pm    Post subject: Michael; I'll have to see if I can get around to taking some higher up shots. I think these trees are more in the style of Sycamores or Horse Chestnuts rather than the oaky feel of the earlier ones _________________ I CAN see how cool this stuff is!!! http://more-t-please.blogspot.com/ Back to top trainspotter-usa Joined: 04 Sep 2008 Posts: 315 Location: Minnesota Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:41 pm    Post subject: Finally I've got around to getting the giant sakura to a showable state. I'm aiming to model these in blossom. Not as easy as it sounds. I tried sprinkling white scatter onto the foliage (stretched out kitchen scourer) that I had made. That just made them look like they had been snowed on. So on the advice of SWMBO I then dabbed some pink acrylic paint on to the white scatter. Which I think looks better and more spring like As you can see despite the fact I trimmed the hairy parts of the folaige mat off more have seemed to appear... Ian _________________ I CAN see how cool this stuff is!!! http://more-t-please.blogspot.com/ Back to top michael Joined: 05 Sep 2008 Posts: 47 Location: Cambridge, Ontario Canada Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:49 pm    Post subject: Easy to be critical under a microscope. I think they look great - trunks are especially good. Well done! _________________ Michael www.tgauge.ca www.modelrailroader.ca Back to top Peter Joined: 17 Oct 2008 Posts: 13 Location: New York, New York Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:55 pm    Post subject: Ian, those look great! On a completely unrelated note, are you using a macro lens for your T scale photography? Back to top David K Smith Chief Cook and Bottle Washer Joined: 03 Sep 2008 Posts: 435 Location: New Jersey, USA Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 12:06 am    Post subject: michael wrote: Easy to be critical under a microscope. ;) I think they look great - trunks are especially good. Well done! Totally agree! Don't forget that the eye sees things rather differently from a macro lens... _________________ —David http://www.t-gauge.net/ http://1-450.blogspot.com/ Back to top DanMacK Joined: 04 Sep 2008 Posts: 127 Location: London, Ontario, Canada Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 12:49 am    Post subject: Ian, those look beautiful! you captured the character of the tree with amazing results. Can't wait o see them on the layout _________________ Regards, Dan MacKellar Back to top trainspotter-usa Joined: 04 Sep 2008 Posts: 315 Location: Minnesota Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 1:08 am    Post subject: Thanks Chaps. I think the bark of the trees should be a darker colour... Peter: For the pictures I use my Olympus E20N with the lens set on close up and stopped all the way down. Which is only f11... Ian _________________ I CAN see how cool this stuff is!!! http://more-t-please.blogspot.com/ Back to top michael Joined: 05 Sep 2008 Posts: 47 Location: Cambridge, Ontario Canada Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 3:25 am    Post subject: trainspotter-usa wrote: Thanks Chaps. I think the bark of the trees should be a darker colour... Peter: For the pictures I use my Olympus E20N with the lens set on close up and stopped all the way down. Which is only f11... Ian Agreed. More gray, less brown. This is splitting hairs... But heck, at this size splitting a hair is like splitting a 2x4... _________________ Michael www.tgauge.ca www.modelrailroader.ca Back to top TBA Joined: 08 Sep 2008 Posts: 120 Location: Massachusetts Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 4:24 am    Post subject: The tree looks like it's sitting in snow. A stand of those trees would look good on a hillside. Keep going! Back to top Chris333 Joined: 25 Sep 2008 Posts: 74 Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 10:47 am    Post subject: These look great! I like the color and think T scale might be what I try to model the fall season in. Back to top trainspotter-usa Joined: 04 Sep 2008 Posts: 315 Location: Minnesota Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:50 am    Post subject: TBA wrote: The tree looks like it's sitting in snow. A stand of those trees would look good on a hillside. Keep going! Snow? That would be the white scatter material that I used to start with These are "foreground" trees. The forest that will sit on the hillside will be a lot simpler to make... Ian _________________ I CAN see how cool this stuff is!!! http://more-t-please.blogspot.com/ Back to top pray59 Joined: 05 Sep 2008 Posts: 88 Location: Fremont, CA Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:09 pm    Post subject: Those trees look great! I love the trunks! _________________ -Robert Ray Back to top Jax Joined: 04 Dec 2008 Posts: 44 Location: London, UK Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 3:42 pm    Post subject: Hi I know I'm a newby on here, but I do know something about trees. I quite agree with a former poster (sorry didn't note who) about people underscaling trees on their layouts. I'm always trying to get people to up the sizes on theirs. The average British tree is 65 feet tall, and a typical US hardwood is 85 feet tall. 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