Latex over wire plus potting soil bark, sea foam branches. Foliage goes on in next step
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Wow, amazing work Sarah!
Fantastic!!
This tree really looks Great! Will you please consider sharing a little more about the latex product you used and how you formed it around the wire structure. Any other tips you might offer about how you assembled this would also be interesting.
Beautiful -- now only need about 70 - 100 just like it!
Treerrific work!
That's fantastic, but making a bunch of those has to be a very time consuming affair! 
@Sarah posted:Latex over wire plus potting soil bark, sea foam branches. Foliage goes on in next step
Even has a root system. Pretty awesome.
A tutorial would be greatly appreciated Sarah. They are outstanding, thank you for sharing.
Great job Sarah!
This looks sensational Sarah and we are all looking forward to the tutorial. Thank you.
Out of curiosity, how long does it take to make one of those? I can then triple that time to figure what it might take me to make a poor copy. 
Fantastic. I cant wait to see the tutorial. Something on YouTube would be nice.
@gunrunnerjohn posted:Out of curiosity, how long does it take to make one of those? I can then triple that time to figure what it might take me to make a poor copy.
Hmmm... It's not yet finished and I had to define the technique so I'd say 10 hours. Maybe less and for sure less once you have the method.
@gunrunnerjohn posted:Out of curiosity, how long does it take to make one of those? I can then triple that time to figure what it might take me to make a poor copy.
"Hmmm... It's not yet finished and I had to define the technique so I'd say 10 hours. Maybe less and for sure less once you have the method."
What do you think John? About a week per tree? Maybe longer for me.
Wonderful work Sarah.
Dennis.
I figure at least ten hours for me, multiply that by 100 trees, I may not live that long! 
It's a great job, but at my advanced years, I don't have time to build such perfection, at least not in quantity! 
I don't have that time either! My approach is to model some rare trees with a lot of detail while others are kept more simple. The detailed tree in the foreground helps with attracting attention and enhancing realism while forcing the perspective quite a lot. For my river scene I will maybe have two or three of these. I made this mock-up to show what I mean. You don't need hundrets!
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Good idea Sarah, that's what comes when you know what you're doing.
Looks great. I’m looking forward to your tutorial.
Sarah - beautiful detailed modeling as usual. Can't wait to see your tutorial.
Following on the comments and questions - there are a number of tutorials on making wire trees. Two of my favorite go to's are:
marklinofsweden Martin Tarnrot (sp) I've done several of his pine trees with decent 1st time results.
Luke Towan BoulderCreekRailroad (he uses WS latex for his tree)
Both model in HO but have posted a wealth of modeling techniques easily scalable to O.
Beautiful job on that tree. I make most of mine from common weeds. Made a lot over the years just to give the illusion of a forrest or tree line. I believe the hardest thing to model in o scale is a stand alone tree. An average tree is almost a foot tall. Big enough that you can see things such as bark texture. Enough foliage that you notice it. But not so much that it takes away the airy look of a tree. Clump foliage just doesn’t work in O like it does in the smaller scales. I agree with your philosophy. No way can you outfit a large layout with trees of this caliber. A few well placed in the foreground is all that’s needed.
Nice work!
My last post fir the night on a wonderful work of art Sarah...
what a realistic layout you will have
Those are very nice looking.
Sarah all of the superlatives have already been used. I'll just say "Ditto". Your tree, like everything else you post is top notch.
Outstanding detail. Can't wait for your "how I did it" .
I suppose you could use "used" espresso grounds for the tree bark. Nice work
Sarah,
I have been experimenting the last few years with different techniques for building trees. There are so many. I plan to go through similar phases as you show in your photos. Your post gives me hope that I am on the wrong track. Can't wait for your video.
Dave
Sarah the close up of the bark looks real. I’m looking forward to learning how to make “Sarah Trees”.
Thank you so much Sarah for sharing your work with us. Your tree is perfect. The more you make, the faster making them will go.
Mein Freund, der Baum
(Alexandra, 1968)
Sarah, truly a fantastic work of art! Thank you for sharing.
Joe
I wholeheartedly join in on all the superlatives about Sarah's sensational tree. IMO, model trees, even not so good ones, can really improve a layout, and sensational ones can make a layout great.
Sarah, your projects are always a great inspiration. Amazing work.
Tom
A Special Request:
Sarah, when you produce your how to video, please contact the OGR staff so they will consider adding it to the O Gauge Railroading collection to enable Digital Subscribers to watch, learn, and enjoy, as you perfom your professional skills.
Item: If OGR presented a Golden Spike Award for outstanding videos, believe me, you'd get one for sure!
Thanks,
Joe
Sarah, oh what a beautiful photo! Austria perhaps?
Frohe Ostern!
Joe
Do you think you could electronically charge those and get them to drop leaves in the Fall?
Seriously, beautiful work, and interesting to watch and learn.
Thank you.
Made this little fun trailer on my cell phone - it's a bit theatrical, please take it too seriously
