Wire Palm Tree Tutorial - Model Railroad Scenery
Boulder Creek Railroad
Nov 22, 2016 16:31
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Making a great palm tree isn’t as hard as it seems, follow along in this easy tutorial and make your own fantastic looking palm trees. No special tools required just a lot of time and patience!
Whether you’re making a palm tree for your model railroad, war gaming terrain, architectural landscape or just for your own diorama, making some fantastic looking palm trees will certainly deliver a sense of warmth and tropical climate to you model not to mention just look amazing!
Below is a list of materials used to build the palm tree
*Materials*
28 Gauge Florists Wire
2.7mm Diameter Insulated Electrical Wire
Air Drying Modelling Clay
Gesso Acrylic Paste
A4 Printer Paper (and a computer & printer to print the leaf design)
A Marker Pen
Jute Twine
Spray Adhesive
CA Glue (Super Glue)
Helmar Super Tac Glue
Wide Masking Tape
*Vallejo Paint*
Golden Olive
Burnt Umber
White
Light Mud
Buff
*Tools*
Camera (phone is good), Computer and Printer
Side Cutters
Tweezers
Needle
Various Paint Brushes
Scissors
Sharp Hobby Knife (I use a number 2 blade)
Music:
Rhodesia by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/
Camera and Equipment:
Panasonic G85
12 - 60mm Panasonic Kit Lens
45 - 150mm Olympus Lens
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