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Ok so this time we have found a way of building better
trees… Super Trees to be more precise.
With the amount of effort involved in producing the trees we already
have on the layout, they became a rather unpopular job.
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Utterances such as “can’t I vacuum the house
instead?” were heard from Jade at the mere mention of building more
trees. So at the Toowoomba show, I managed to spy upon some Pommie
modelers sitting next to us and observed their method for producing
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the wire. It differs, however, in that instead of using Selley’s
No More Gaps, they solder the wire and then coat the soon to be
tree with plaster. If you add a bit of el cheapo acrylic paint to
the plaster, you don’t need to worry about painting it later. |
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is white naturally and will lighten whatever colour you add. If you use
different colours for different batches of trees it will really make a
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The added advantage of using plaster is that
the trees don’t get left with that plastic look and the paint doesn’t
look as though it is just “on the surface”. As the colour is in
the plaster and plaster is somewhat porous, it gives (in my humble
opinion anyway) a more natural looking texture to the “bark”. It
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It is important to remember that once you solder
the wires, they will become fairy rigid. This is a two edged sword
as it means that it is difficult to adjust the angle of the branches
later. Once the plaster has been applied, it is certainly not advisable
to try and move the branches as the plaster will just crack and
fall off.
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So after all that, I will simply say that the
method you use to make your trees is completely up to you. We have
outlined two methods in this saga and have found them to be very
good for us. Now all that’s left is to get stuck into it and build
another 900 or so. |
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“No Jade, you can’t vacuum… Its tree time”.
We shall see how we go.
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