Nice large trees for cheap!

Thanks for the heads up.  I ordered several and will use these as armatures per the recent OGR article on making large trees. 

where did you get them? I don't see that on the post. thanks.

jerrman

jerrman...I Googled "Department 56 bare branch trees" and there are dozens of places that have them. 

 

Alan

I would.....but can't find a photo or ??

 

Well, like Alan I googled Dept 56 bare branch trees, also just trees, bare of otherwise, and got lots and lots of suppliers.  Not sure what you mean but there certainly are a lot available.  Many types, styles, even lit up for Christmas.  they aren't quite what I want, but they are nice particularly for holiday layouts.  Thanks

Well that's a tease... you have to post some picks...

Here is what I found, these would be a great "base" to start from.

 

I think the "spooky spider trees" may work the best. And I can scare the Mrs. with the spiders!

 

Yes Jdaddy those are the ones!  I had links to the products at Amazon but the links needed to be removed due to a violation of use of the forum.  I understood completely!  But those are them, and I got them for about $16 or $17 bucks a set from Amazon and I'm happy with them as a starting point!

 

I'm going to paint the bases and snow on them and see about foliating them.

These were the trees I ordered. A pack of six for $9.99.  The item dimensions are 9.75 x 7.5 x 12.  I interpret these as the box dimensions, with the tallest tree about 8 to 9".  I'll let everyone know. 

 

 

Some mottled gray paint (I now use Rustoloum Soft Iron) on the trunks, followed with Super Sage for the fine branch detail and then Noch leaves and they should look pretty good. 

 

Thanks again for the tip

BTW: This time of year, the dollar stores often have 3-packs of various kinds of trees in a size that works with O-scale. They need to be tweaked, but some of them are pretty nice. Price is self-evident.

John I like these. Add some Woodland Scenic Foliage to this and they would look pretty cool. Yellow would look good too for Aspen trees in the fall.