Wonderful. Of all the spruce trees I've seen I think these have the best effort-to-result ratio. They seem like something it would be possible to make a few dozen of without wanting to die by the time you're halfway through.

Made today 4 of them, very cool method, they look perfect!

Brilliant and clever. Thank you, Will give it a go.

Well, Martin, I gave it a go and built three cypress trees. All the florist wire branches were pointed upwards. Then after the static fibres application I directed the blow-dryer from bottom to top. Didn't have any dark green fine turf to put on, so I used a WS earth blend, followed by a sprinkling of medium size dark green ground foam. This gives an illusion of old growth underneath and is rather realistic. The second two trees are made with just the one layer of fine sized earth blend and then sprayed with dark green. I used a spray can of dark green (RAL 6002). The effect is the same, however the texture is finer and airier. To conclude all three trees were sprayed with a matt acrylic, again from a can. So thank you for a great (and flexible!) idea and your lovely and clear tutorial. All the best, from Slovenia. And yes I am smiling.

Those look great, I have never seen that meathod before

I’ve noticed all you guys are having some sort of competition, to me anyway, with building trees like those. I’ve seen several new methods I’ve never seen. I had given first place to another guy but with this, Mark has moved into first place for most realistic trees. Great job buddy!!

@marklinofsweden

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! There are more things you can do with this method and get ever further in the direction of perfection. 1) Taper the top piece. Makes drilling harder, but pays off in realism. 2) Add more than one layer with static grass. Makes the foliage more dense. 3) Add a layer of 2mm static grass over all before adding the turf 4) Sprinkle coffie grounds over the glue covered trunk before spraying it brown. 5) Add moss on the trunk north side using WS Burnt Grass. Good luck! 👍❤️

@ricande

5 жыл бұрын

@@marklinofsweden For nr.1 Drill the holes before tapering, even the top one.

you are a great modeler and I hope one day I can be half as good as you. thanks for the english versions of your videos. I look forward to seeing your new videos most out of all the subscriptions I have on youtube.

Very instructive video with usefull information. It always looks so simple when its done by you. Thanks for sharing your tips and trick with us. Regards Bert from the Netherlands.

Very well done. Thank you.

Felicidades gracias!

thanks , this is for my inspiration

Haha! Precis vad jag behövde! Håller på med en modul som ca 50% ska vara skog! Gott med tutorials på tallar men inte lika många på granar! Tack för videon!

Excellent looking trees!

@marklinofsweden

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you John! 👍😊

It is a good thing Martin!!! And thanks again

I just need to start my layout again. I was given a collection from the 70s from an uncle and have and had some intersting models, for instance I have an Italian made "Baltimore and Ohio" 0-4-0 saddle tank loco and a partial "spirit of 76" set. I also love scale model scenery building videos

Great thanks Your a great ideas

Another excellent tutorial. Always original. Always great results. More please.

@marklinofsweden

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Norman! More is coming..

Always an interesting watch - thank you :)

Génial vos sapins merci pour ce partage

Full of skills, nevertheless easygoing and possible to reproduce all items. Thanks

Bravo, Martin! Well done. I like the look!

@marklinofsweden

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you John!

Wish I lived somewhere I had access to specialty materials like static grass and the like.

@marklinofsweden

4 жыл бұрын

So.. Where do you live?

@jfs983

4 жыл бұрын

@@marklinofsweden Oh, just a small town in western Canada. I can always order materiald online if need be, but it would be nice to be able to try out these techniques right away!

👍👍very realistic trees. Cool.😎

those are very sprucey looking!

I love watching your videos. I don't use trains but I do build scale Gunpla models from the Gundam anime's based in Japan. I recently started making dioramas for them. I have found your channel informative and entertaining. Thank you.

Genial^^ - Congratulations^^ - das werde ich über die kommenden Feiertage ausprobieren!!!

Jäklar vad snygga!

Great and interessting work. Tanks für showing. cu lui

Nice tree - looks pretty easy to build. I really like the way you bring variations in your branches to make them look more believable. Have you ever thought of tapering the trunk towards the top?

@marklinofsweden

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the positive feedback! Tapering? Yes. Actually it’s real easy just be keeping the pointy side of the flower stick as it is, just flatten it enough to allow for drilling.

@sparqqling

5 жыл бұрын

@@marklinofsweden You can use a pencil sharpener for the tapering.

Good stuff , I imagine if you don't have a vertical drill , those holes could be a pain to make . It looks like you could maybe twist the wire around to make the branches ?

@ricande

5 жыл бұрын

Just use a Dremel. It's easy. It wouldn't look good with the wire twisted around the trunk.

Looks great ! But wouldnt hairspray work faster than white glue. Anyway nice video, as always !

@marklinofsweden

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the positive feedback! 👍😊 I have tried hairspray in a number of applications including foliage application. However, I found it is not tacky enough, so the foliage is falling off over time. This method works real good! 👍

super liebe grüße von Sylt

Hi Martin! Great Tutorial! I have two questions: what is the thickness of The wooden stick (trunk) ? And which product have you used as green turf?

@marklinofsweden

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Di, The thickness of the wooden stick can be 3 or 4mm. I´m using Woodland Scenics "Green Blend" in the video, but I wouldn´t recommend that. This because it contains yellow particles like flowers and it is not all right. Look for a completly green turf. Check out noch.de

So nice! Did you use only one layer of static grass? Thanks!

Good result and interesting technique. I havent got a static grass machine though. Is there another way to do it ?.

@marklinofsweden

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you James! No, I do think you need some kind of static electricity going on. I tried without, but then all fibers stucks flat on to the trunk and branches. Looked ugly.

Kan du göra en video på de äldre märklinmodellerna då jag skulle vilja lära mig mer om 6021 control unit

@marklinofsweden

5 жыл бұрын

Jag har tyvärr ingen sådan kontroll, så jag kan inte göra någon sådan video. Sök på Google. Det finns många både webbsidor och filmer om 6021

Och går det att använda gammal m räls med de nya central station kontrollerna

@marklinofsweden

5 жыл бұрын

Ja. Det går utmärkt.

👍👍👍👍👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Like you I'm living in Sweden, but no shops near where I live have brown spray paint. Which brand and product numbers do you use? Can you order them online?

Amazing tutorial! Where did you get the conveyor belt at 5:12? I'm looking for one of those.

@marklinofsweden

5 жыл бұрын

It’s a kit from Walthers Cornerstone. Search for ”Conveyer” and you should find it there

Ha I like the tutorial! Can you estimate how much it costs in total to make these trees??

@marklinofsweden

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Well.. Let me see here... Flower support sticks €0,4/ea + A portion of PVA-glue €0,1/ea + Steel wire 1m €0,1 + Static grass €1/ea + Green turf €1/ea + Spray paint brown and gray €0,5/ea. Should sum up to €3,10/ea if you make 30pcs spruce trees.

Hej, jag har en järnväg hemma HO M-räls men har börjat fundera på de nya digitala loken kontrollerna etc. men jag skulle uppskatta om du kunde guida mig till. Vart ska man köpa sakerna? Vad bör jag köpa, jag vill ju få med mycket räls och minst två lok. Vad kör du med? Kan man använda den äldre rälsen med den nyare? Tack så jättemycket för svar

@marklinofsweden

5 жыл бұрын

Kolla informationen på min hemsida: mrr-tutorials.com Klicka på ”M-räls” så hittar du användbar information om detta.

@elisgraipe3628

5 жыл бұрын

marklinofsweden jag läste på din hemsida och det verkar ju superlätt men hur gör man med växlarna och signalerna drar du de till en vanlig ställpult eller byter du till decoders i växlarna

@marklinofsweden

5 жыл бұрын

Nilsminbae Precis! Super-enkelt! Antingen styr man växlarna med ställpult som visas på hemsidan, eller så kopplar man den gula och de blå kablarna till en m83 dekoder. Då ändrar du växlarna med en Mobile station eller Central station.

Can't you make a copple for me 😉

Man looks like Homer if he was 3 months old.

@johanbjorkman1914

4 жыл бұрын

No offence

@johanbjorkman1914

4 жыл бұрын

I am the type of dumbass who makes static grass from my hair because I'm not going to spend like 50kr for som grass.

@johanbjorkman1914

4 жыл бұрын

This guy has steam lol, good.

Старис Привіт як тебе додати в друзі на фейсбуці

@user-rz8lx2bd3s

3 жыл бұрын

Старий

Great tutorial. Is that based on this video kzread.info/dash/bejne/YoaVsbttY7eqcaQ.html ? I tried in the past to make one tree in O scale, but I wasn't very happy with the result. The hair dryer trick is excellent, I will use it next time. Your trees look better, even if I'm not sure that it scale up nicely to 1/43.5 What is the type of turf used? By the way, I'm using a similar steel wire, but the one I found in Germany is also available already blackened. It is less visible than steel color if some part isn't fully painted.

Du bist deutch oder english

@marklinofsweden

5 жыл бұрын

Nein.. 😄 Ich bin Schwedish! 👍