"We want a Shrubbery!"

O Knights of Ni, we have brought you your shrubbery. May we go now ?   Bob S.   

I've always put trees and shrubs around my houses. I feel that a layout looks naked until you put in trees and shrubbery.

 

Jerry

 

Now, cut down the mightiest tree in the forest with...A Herring!

Thanks for the photos.   I like the alley.  Where did you find the clothes line pulley?

Thanks!

 

Pulley is actually a 14" Grandt Line brake wheel mounted in some brass bits soldered up to mount it.  There's a 2nd one on a pole at the other end.

 

I've just made 2 more of these for another scene, but I had a couple of small Kemtron brass brake wheels this time.  Getting the clothesline on is the fun part.  And, for this next one, I have clothes to hang on it.....  Not quite sure how that's going to work yet.

NIH !!!!!!!  

     The number is 3 not 2 not 4 but 3 , 3 is the number of shrubs that should be planted! Choo Choo Kenny

African or European shrubbery?

Right, are you trying to tell me that those shrubs are migratory.

OK. OK.  How about some more pictures?

 

One more. 

 

Must be a RailKing.

How can you tell?

Hasn't got...

SUGGESTION ONLY:  Have your son join the forum and let him ask his own questions. 

 

I know the impulse to help a child, but let the kid do it him/herself whenever you can.

I've made a model of 6 of my family member's houses.  I made a point to replicate as best as amateur-me could do to replicate the shrubbery.

 

In each case, when the particular family member saw the model they always commented about how the shrubbery looks just like theirs.

 

It really does make a big difference when trying to build an exact model of something.

 

- walt

Don't forget the weeds:

 

nice build pete!  And, yeah, those weeds make a big difference!!!  Nice job

 

- walt

I've never thought about it until your question, but:

 

The building is more important,  BUT, the shrubs, grass and trees are essential - you really can't have one without the other, they are part of the building project.  

 

I think you have to also learn to "think like a landscaper." I have three photos that are examples below.

 

The farmhouse looked strange without a few bushes and weeds growing up around it - there the look required a rather untrimmed, wild look to it.  Dino's restaurant and 77 sunset strip, I copied as closely as I could plants and such in photos of the original.

Even something like a diner needs not just some scrubs, but some scrubs arranged in a realistic way, to make it look, well . . . realistic.  I actually drove to a shiny aluminum diner near us to take a photo of the plants before I got it right. 

 

 

 

Great stuff c.sam.  Nice layout.

Rodger the shrubist pays a visit to even temporary layouts.

 To those that say Ni, only to get shrubbery, or not to,  I say "Ekkee Ekkee Ekkee Ekkee Putangya Zoom Boing Ni! Are you going to make me say it to defend myself next?

 You silly  bottom wipers. I fart in your general direction. Run away! Run away

 

Beautiful model of reality!

oh yes forgot gumbzalligan.

Ready to dual over it? Choose your fish.

Yep, that's it! Its my favoriiiii........