Source for branches/trees etc?

[tao]

Looking around for some foliage type stuff to try on tanks..used actual cedar branches which would stay green a long time
but nothing like that available right now..any sources for some good scale trees/bushes/branches? A lot of the train stuff is too small and not realistic. Thanks!

[jackalope]

Woodland Scenics is your friend.
http://woodlandscenics.woodlandscenics.com/

[Model Builder 4]

Hi tao,

For the logs on the side of my tanks I buy a cedar boarder roll ,you can pick these up from garden centres or if you're in the UK you can get them in pound stretcher or similar shops, they come in a couple of meter lengths and about 8 to 12 inch wide but you can cut to suit and because it's natural they vary in diameter so they look realistic and too scale,

HTH, Lee

[westyIII]

Shrubbery, or Clump Foliage is very expensive from Woodland Scenic's, and the same effect can be made for pennies.

1. Buy a cheap car sponge (30p from B&Q)
2. Slice and Dice, and add to a blender with a cup of water (to stop it getting too hot)
3. Once it has a nice consistency, add to a bucket with PVA glue and green acrylic paint (The Works £2)
4. Mix up and place in tinfoil on a radiator to dry.
5. All the clump foliage a man could wish for.

I have used this at every scale from 1/1200 though to 1/16.

With a little playing, you can get it identical to the expensive stuff, and you can choose an colour you wish.

I also used the same technique, but with black, to create black smoke. This is used as a smoke marker for 1/100 games.

[HERMAN BIX]

well bugger me !!.................great idea.
Going to try that this weekend

[greengiant]

Crafter store that carry fake and dried foliage are a place to look for greens, some of the arraignments have leaves that are small enough to be used in 1/16 scale.

[RobW]

Any sources for 1:35 and 1:16 logs? Thinking for unditching logs & fascine bundles rather than camo or fire wood!