ash tree farm, tms farm work in progress

[Old Ford]

Looking Great Sean..

 

[smithy]

That's looking good Sean the masseys look good on the cage/duel wheels takes me back to my younger days when I used them

[Mike R]

Awesome  Sean looking great.

 

[Tractorman810]

Thanks guys, got home a little early today so the leaves have been added, honest opinions are gratefully received, already learnt one lesson for the next one, and I need to find a better brown for the sea foam prior to adding the leaves, 

 

first pics are  next to the ones I bought ,shows the height and  allows you to compair them 

 

[Tractorman810]

And two of it in its new position ,I also broke a limb off ,it fell over, so inadvertently learnt how to make the hedging 

[Stabliofarmer]

Those look very nice Sean, does the stuff youve used for leaves have a name? As it cant be winter all year on Torrax Hill. One bit of constructive criticism would be maybe wider trunks on some as they seem abit thin, but thats just compared with what I see in my area

Edited April 20, 2016 by Stabliofarmer

[Tractorman810]

I agree with the trunks, I need to have a wander and find some thicker ones with the right sort of spread to them , it's harder than you think to find ,spent 10 mins today looking and found some,, but not the right shape/spread, I may have to bond smaller ones onto bigger,which won't be hard , the leaves are by a company called NOCH , just search on eBay, they do 3 shades ,so the next one will be a mix of 2 or 3 colours , just doing to have tea and then out so when I get back or tomorrow I will post a pic of the bags 

[Stabliofarmer]

I know what you mean, searched a good few places to get the right sticks for mine and still had to glue bits on in the end. Familiar with noch, will have to look into getting some

[Tractorman810]

Will get the product number for you, there wasn't many selling them uk wise, Infact it's harder to find than you think , only issue I can see with bonding sections is getting it all from the same tree/bush so the bark matches 

[catkom3]

Don't know if it's much use Sean,but Noch have their own web site,http://www.noch.com/

Regards

Joe. PS,this might be handy,http://www.modelbuildings.org/scale-conversion-calculator.html

Edited April 20, 2016 by catkom3

[mb86]

Looks good Sean. Depends what tree you are making but I'd agree that the trunks need to be thicker. I used blackthorn for mine. With hindsight I think Ive put the leaves on a bit thick. How did you get on with sticking the leaves on? Mine were fine with hairspray when I did them but seem to be shedding each time I touch them now. 

[Tractorman810]

Went on fine , although I did seal it once I had finished, with hairspray , some of the videos did mention a 3m spray to seal too once you had finished , but only for that , not to fix initally

[mb86]

I gave mine a couple of coats once I'd finished, I'm wondering if it is because I put the leaves on too thick. 

[Tractorman810]

All the videos I watched say dip the branches in a pot of it not drop it on , I actually put them on a sheet of paper spread out , then sprayed it and quickly placed it on the paper / leaves , took a few goes but it didn't clump 

[Tractorman810]

Couple of new ones , big oak tree to fill the gap at the back between the fields, and a new ?? Tree to sit on the new entrance way

[Tractorman810]

First new sections of hedgerow started, I recon I will need to do all this field  at least the same way ?? As it won't blend that well I feel may even have to do the other?? On this side 

[Stabliofarmer]

Looking nice and green Sean, time to hide them rafters now

[Tractorman810]

I have been pondering that issue James  May have a way round it , need to do some research first on something

[Tractorman810]

4 new hedgerow sections in place, which freed up the old ones to finish the new field

[Tractorman810]

[SPN]

Amazing attention to detail there Sean. Well done.

[B O R]

super work, a lot of detail in there, wish I could round to something like that. I seem to just build and build and sit upon shelves always hoping to oneday set up scenes like this

[bROADOAK]

Some cracking scenes Sean, well done, excellent work.

Regards Peter M

Edited April 25, 2016 by bROADOAK

[Tractorman810]

Thanks guys

brian the only problem with doing this is I am not building the kit to go on it ? Got 4 sat awaiting paint or finishing before paint, along with a host of other bits I want to do for it, sadly there's not enough hours in the day to do it all with work to  a nice large lottery win may be helpful in that issue mind 

[Jordan_coe2012]

Fantastic work Sean this is by far the most realistic layout I've seen. You've done a brillant job of those trees. As you say you've not been building stuff recently I'm still waiting to see the tipping trailer your were making a while back from a monogram kit was it? That would look good on your new road. Ow and I think we all would love a nice lottery win haha!!