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Re: Fine-scale 1:160 modelling in Germany
« Reply #15 on: October 23, 2012, 10:03:40 PM »
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I'd like to start a motion that anyone who is fluent in German tries to figure out where they got their trees or how they were made. S
ome of those trees are FANTASTIC!  :drool:

-Cody F.

Google translate should give a good enough translation to figure out what they are saying in those threads.

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Re: Fine-scale 1:160 modelling in Germany
« Reply #16 on: October 24, 2012, 03:45:21 AM »
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Great modeling.  Thankyou for the link.

Here is a translation of how he made the Oak tree pictured near the bottom of the 1st page.  The site was automaticly translated in my browser using a toolbar avaiable from Google. 

"the oak, I built a long time ago, but have not yet installed on my system. The tree structure consists of soldered 0, 2 mm thicker than the copper wire harness on the trunk and starts, then some branches and twigs aufzweigt under twisting. The framework, I then bent into shape in the form of an oak tree, but before that takes into account the final width and height of the tree in the twisting. The lead on an old oak tree near my favorite place was for my outdoor shots. After soldering the blank I still have it with sanding dust that is generated during the renovation floor, dusted quite thin after gluing. After drying, then painted with gray matt acrylic paint and then colored with watercolor paints. For foliation I use any white filter fabric from the aquarium shop I again inking black-brown with watercolor paint. After drying off I pull the fabric apart completely fine and spray him one with diluted white glue. (No spray) The white glue accumulates only at the intersections of the fibers, and here are then formed by sprinkle with Woodlands fineturf small leaves centers. Wipe dry after I cut the foliage into small pieces and put it on the branches of the blank without sealing it. After the tree then has a pleasing look, I spray something very very thin flash-bonder on the tree, so that the foliage is durable enough grip on the branches, and sprinkle again, very, very thin fineturf something about the tree. Below . a few pictures of a birch tree, an elm and two willow trees, but here I have used the silhouette of foliage material oh so: the raised grass fibers are fibers of 2mm Woodlands, electrostatically applied."

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Re: Fine-scale 1:160 modelling in Germany
« Reply #17 on: October 24, 2012, 07:16:18 AM »
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On the subject of trees, a French modeler has made it an art: http://www.gilbert-gribi.ch/GGribi/arbres%202.html

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Re: Fine-scale 1:160 modelling in Germany
« Reply #18 on: October 24, 2012, 04:21:04 PM »
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As I'm a native german I looked through the sites and found some interesting information;
the builder started with material from "Silhouette" to build his handmade trees.
Google translator says:
"The spruce foliage is complete DIY and is only 6 mm fiber grass and small gehäxelter 2mm grass fiber, not more.
I stick on the grass 6mm fiber to the branches and pluck them then so justly that the fibers all face down and slightly to the side. Then spray comes over the tree and then I trickling gehäxelte the grass fiber about finished.
For a spruce of about 18 cm in height, as shown in the pictures, I need about 3 hours of building the tree stand to the final fix with varnish. Such elaborate trees I build for my dioramas, not for my system; .... I will use for my spruce foliage of the Silhouette it is not bad but just not perfect"

Here you'll be able to get more information on Silhouette:
http://www.mininatur.de/silhouette_home.php?lang=en

Any questions on the original article? let me help you as the google translator sometimes gives wrong information...

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Re: Fine-scale 1:160 modelling in Germany
« Reply #19 on: October 24, 2012, 05:15:29 PM »
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This is absolutely incredible modeling that track so realistic and the trees  :o :o it is hard to believe you are not looking at a prototype photo. I love stuff like this because it shows just how good N scale can be.