Thanks! This channel is part of my hobby budget. I hope other subscribers consider the value you deliver.
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Wow! Awesome Jerry! I appreciate that! Cheers ~ Boomer.
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Model Trees are an Enigma. They won't let us grow to fast when we attempt to build them. The more we practice them the better they get and the greater impact they have on our layouts. 😉
@JohnAPrescott
Жыл бұрын
If no one has ever told you, Thanks so much for sharing your experience and providing us with the name of the materials that the regular person who has no background in film/spfx wouldn't even know about. I for one am very grateful you are sharing your knowledge with us. Thanks boomer and keep the great videos coming.
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
@tonyobbeek8910
Жыл бұрын
@@boomerdiorama a 1
@keithdenner9441
Жыл бұрын
Boomer, you are an artist when it comes to making trees!
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
😁
@Howie2025
Жыл бұрын
Another very informative and entertaining Vlog. Your production level is first rate.
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Thank you. I appreciate the encouragement! Cheers ~ Boomer.😁
@NarbonneGauchoBoingo
8 ай бұрын
now THATS a beautiful tree boomer, thanks for sharing your skills as always!
@boomerdiorama
8 ай бұрын
Thank you very much!
@railfan1956
Жыл бұрын
I like the branches. I took several pictures this winter to get a better idea of the branch shapes. There are so many shapes of all these oakes around here, the ideas are endless!
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Yes they are. I have one more tree tutorial to post after this one then I go into a build series. I cover other branch options as well.😁
@matthewevans3718
3 ай бұрын
Man your channel is great and your modeling is best I’ve seen. I can’t wait to start dabbling with making 1x1 terrain pieces for practice tomorrow.
@boomerdiorama
3 ай бұрын
Awesome, thank you!
@rafaelvoncina6036
Жыл бұрын
Putting a wash over those leaves, what a great idea! Thank you Boomer.
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Thinned Tamiya acrylics 95% IPA/5% Red brown.
@rafaelvoncina6036
Жыл бұрын
@@boomerdiorama I tried 'dusting' those light green leaves, but a wash works so much better. You really are paying it forward!
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
@@rafaelvoncina6036 It's amazing what a tinted wash can do eh?😁
@wilzdart
Жыл бұрын
I have used many of the methods that you have shown, and it always turns out great. As I have said before I model in N Scale, I just build trees smaller. You once said you were not a teacher but the way you present the proceedure of the given subject I disagree. You are my go-to channel. Heading off to the basement to build a cotton wood tree. Thanks!!
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Excellent! . . . and thank you for the compliments. Cheers ~ Boomer.
@Highwayman777
Жыл бұрын
You're honestly the best model railroader IMO. When it comes to scenery, I could mistake your layout for the real thing if I hadn't known it was a model railroad. I'll have to follow your tutorials more closely once I begin my layout.
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the compliment. I only hope to inspire and educate. There are many successful approaches and methods to this wonderful hobby and I only hope to share my experiences so they can be added to the established art form we all love and cherish. Cheers ~ Boomer.
@garylaker4335
Жыл бұрын
Another inspirational vid Boomer. Thank you. I’ve added various mediums and texture pastes to my scenery inventory and found that even WS armature based trees can be raised to a new level ! Great viewing with a lovely rendition of Auld Lang Syne to boot ,
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Sounds great!
@albertofranchi6408
Жыл бұрын
Super beautiful
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
@patricknoveski6409
Жыл бұрын
Fricken Beeautiful
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Thank you. it's growing slowly but surely. ;-)
@albertofranchi6408
Жыл бұрын
SUPER FANTASTIC
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@davestrains6816
Жыл бұрын
Work of art as always. Thanks for sharing. Dave
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Many thanks Dave! Nice to hear from you. God Bless ~ Boomer.
@travisjodyh.842
Жыл бұрын
I just stumbled on a way to speed up the branch thatching process a bit. I lay a thick bed of 12mm grass down on the wax paper, then dip the wire armature into the matte medium, lay it on the bed of grass, then cover the top with more grass. This allows the grass to bond to both sides of the wire.
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Awesome! I love to hear about innovation! Modeling trees are awesome. Model Railroads are more than just trains ~ Boomer.
@ericp6612
Жыл бұрын
I could watch you build trees for hours! Excellent video and the rust wash over the leaves turned out really nice.
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
@davidherriman448
Жыл бұрын
Thanks. Informative as always.👍👍
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@rdc2724
Жыл бұрын
That's a coincidence, I just finished painting a screaming eagle patch on the shoulder of a US paratrooper figure, ...... I sit down to watch KZitem and what do I see sitting in a tree........ ;-)
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Lol . . . the airborne figure sounds nice. I can always remember the Sheperd Paine Diorama of the Airborne Troops waiting to get on the C-47. It was from the seventies I think. Very cool though. Cheers.
@schadowolf
Жыл бұрын
Simply amazing! Great looking trees and love the technique! Again, I took a lot of notes LOL! Enjoyed the music in the video as well!
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
@mikemettelka7432
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for doing this! Really enjoy learning all these different processes from you!
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
@vincenthuying98
Жыл бұрын
Dear Boomer, amazing to see the cottonwood tree form from the page and photos you’ve shown, into the model. Cool to see the method of making the indent with the ‘router’ bit. Mostly drilled ‘m, as you’ve shown too, but for a prolific branched tree crown that often means the stem gets too thick. The coarse moulding paste is an absolute must, for adding texture to the tree stem. Plus, it only improves the grab of the stem and the individual limbs. Love that filter you showed on the bottle brush. Definitely adds to the profile of the growth, by adding more shades and color variations. Cheerio
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Vincent! Cheers.
@travisjodyh.842
Жыл бұрын
I make my branches the same way. Use a drill and pliers to bend those branches, it goes super fast.
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Yes they can go faster for sure. The only down side to wooden trunks is they are all arrow straight. The wire tree allows one to bend them like the natural. They both have their pros-and-cons.
@johnbanicki7232
Жыл бұрын
This looks like a great summer project. Thanks for posting. The trees look absolutely fantastic.
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Thank you John. I will build a few more this summer as well.😁
@Perfusionist01
Жыл бұрын
Very interesting. Your cottonwoods are certainly different from the Eastern Cottonwoods that are common in Nebraska. Eastern Cottonwood has much more spread to the crown, with hardly a straight trunk to be found. Your techniques should work to create a few "hero" trees for some foreground areas. I will give it a try this summer when I can work on the patio (I'm very messy and I'm married). I appreciate your attention to detail. These are the trees I SHOULD have been making when I was doing 1/35th armor dioramas.
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
The beauty of modeling a tree this way is they are appropriate for any scale. They would be awesome in 1/35th scale as well.
@dalehanna8083
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video Boomer. Had a huge cottonwood that stood next to my childhood home , a must to model for me. I use the archive videos all the time for the great info there. You are a great teacher and I am enjoying your channel. Cheers!
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! There are thousands of them along the Fraser River near my home. Massive trees we often overlook.
@PeterTillman3
Жыл бұрын
Really looking forward to trying these techniques. Trees are my next big project. The cottonwood looks awesome.
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thank you!
@SPSteve
Жыл бұрын
Beautifully done! Thanks for sharing your methods and techniques!
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
@marklewis298
Жыл бұрын
Just...WOW!
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@154Colin
Жыл бұрын
Superb!
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot!
@doc8579
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing ideas and techniques you’ve made my modeling experience much more enjoyable and productive.
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Great to hear!
@205004gs
Жыл бұрын
I wish getting firewood was that easy. Lol 😂 great job Boomer and thanks for sharing.👏👍
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Thank you. Cheers.
@brucewoods9377
Жыл бұрын
Love watching your videos, they are so educational
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Glad you think so!
@dan8402
Жыл бұрын
Another amazing tree Boomer. Seriously yours are the best I have seen in a long long time. Very few people take this much care on a tree, and it adds so much to the layout.
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Dan! Cheers ~ Boomer.
@jcjackson726
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for another great video on trees!
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
I wanted to make sure I covered it all . . . lol. Lot's of reference in the Tree tutorial "Playlist" now. ;-)
@trainfanattic
Жыл бұрын
Great work again! I use the method where you prefabricate branches and attach them to the trunk also for my pines. Pines with spiky onewire branches have never been satisfactory to me allthough I realise that it greatly depends on which exact pine you are modeling. But I mean: you can make nice convincing pictures of onewire-branch-pines from the side and it looks really well, but when you see them in reality they allways seem a bit spiky. The interesting thing is that you make your branches like I would normally make a tree: folding about six wires double, twisting them and ending up with about twelve branch ends. Interesting. I normally take a wire of about 20cm (8 inches), loop it three times, cut the loops and end up witch 7 branch ends. 12 mil grass over it, and then a mixture of fine turf and 1,5mm static grass. Your method has more and finer detail I think but is also (even) more time consuming. Haha, considering that I'm making a pinetree forest with 15 trees, of wich the outside trees need about 50 branches each... do the math. The thing is though, that the more ramification you make with steel wire, the more in control you are of the end result. If you've got lots of steel branches you can go more easy with the static grass. And it's easy to overdo the static grass... I can send you a link of a pinetree video of mine but I don't want to pollute your channel by advertising my modest videos so, just sharing some thoughts. Cheers!
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Time consumed in the hobby is bliss to me . . . ;-)
@thecnwmondovilinepaulscota7304
Жыл бұрын
Awesome video! Thank you! I just finished modeling a trio of pine trees for my Mondovi Line layout using your florist wire/loop method over 16g Stem wire, and they turned out pretty darn good for a first try. And now this video! The first thing I did was order a field guide to trees in Wisconsin so I have something to refer to as I model future trees. Gonna need a bunch of Birch trees at some point. Glad you are here sharing your expertise - Paul
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Modeling trees are awesome. The more one does the better they get. They can also be quite addicting. I also build up small lot's of 3 to 5 trees here-and-there as well to always have a few on hand for fleshing out that special signature scene. ;-)
@ErimusMicroRailway
Жыл бұрын
Only been a subscriber for a few weeks, I think it’s safe to say that you have influenced my whole outlook on modelling. Practically I have been successful on a few sisal bushes and I am working my way up. Many many thanks for sharing your techniques.
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Wow, thank you!
@4everdc302
Жыл бұрын
Inspiring us to do better🙏 Picked up the shelves today😋🚂🇨🇦🙋
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Wonderful!
@bncsystemsshortline
Жыл бұрын
Trees are models too!!!! Great work from you always boom!!!! I been binge watching your videos all weekend into this week. You have inspired me so much brother! You get me out to the modules to work on them. I'm designing a Prototype scene that's not a Prototype. It's all made up, but I want it prototypical. Hahha! I think and stare most of the time, but when it comes together it all makes sense. Thank you so much for your inspiration brother!!! Also with editing these new batch of videos I'm editing. I tell myself how does boomers videos look. I don't want to copy you but your right here helping me man. Thank you!!!
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Any freelance scene can look prototypical if we think it through. ;-)
@donaldkormos5529
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@donaldkormos5529
Жыл бұрын
Checked out video you suggested w/r to tree roots ... great!!
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Wow! Thank you! I appreciate that immensely. Cheers ~ Boomer.
@planestrainsautomobiles8717
Жыл бұрын
Hello Boomer, I am mesmerized your modeling and all the details. Though I can’t help but notice the lack of detail in the solid blue backdrop. I assume this is intentional, but I’d really like to hear your philosophy on this topic. Is there a past video where you explain it? This is an area of model railroading I always struggle with.
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
I save backdrop painting for last. Note: When you walk the actual prototype location, on a clear day, all one sees is blue sky anyway . . . ;-)
@FarlandHowe
Жыл бұрын
Brilliant again. I need to build some British trees. Tomorrow I plan to see if I can adapt some of your techniques to them. Thank you, Rob
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@SteveRobillard
Жыл бұрын
Hoping the bear crossing sign means a how to model a bear tutorial is upcoming.
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
How insightful of you. I do have a bear sculpture almost done but it is in 1/16 scale for a separate Diorama. Please don't tell anyone though . . . O.K. ;-) Cheers.
@randysrockandrollrailroad8207
Жыл бұрын
Love the way you model trees, I have a few pics of some tree that I plan on modeling, thanks you for sharing this build 😊 really enjoyed it.
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Have fun!
@douglasalan5783
Жыл бұрын
Excellent tutorial, Boomer. Speaking as a guitar player, I loved the rendition of Auld Lang Syne. Who played it?
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Thank you. DJ Williams played the Auld Lang Syne. Cheers.
@wykedinsanity
Жыл бұрын
hello again
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
😁👍Cheers!
@frankcerne7613
Жыл бұрын
Hi Boomer, your a master at it..them trees are awesome LoL..I just finished my Aussie Blue gum trees,put them on my layout, it gives it a different view.. Cheers
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
hank you. As you know, I am a firm believer that scenery and trees make a model railroad a model railroad. 😁
@felice12151
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tutorial. I've assembled the materials to start modeling trees. One question about forming the twisted wire branches. How many wire pieces do you use? Alan
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
I usually use six to ten pieces of wire ( or fold 3 to 5 strands ) with 26 to 28 guage wire. A simple fork shape will do. Even though they look similar, when you bend them up (at different lengths) they all look different.
@PostmoderneModelWorks
Жыл бұрын
Cotton Wood Joe
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Lol . . . Trees are an enigma. They won't let us grow to fast when we attempt to build them. ;-)
@donaldkormos5529
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful trees!! Couple more things added to my list for the hobby store so I can start experimenting. Question: When you add a tree like this cotton wood to your layout, is there any attention spent w/r to visible root structure at the base of the tree?
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Some of the trees I model the root "flare" as well. Depends on the tree or mood you are in. Trees that are planted in bushy areas I don't bother. If you scroll through the "Model Tree Tutorial" playlists (Home Page) I cover it all: kzitem.info/news/bejne/lW6GwIVosoGGqGU
@ronaldvanpinxteren3644
Жыл бұрын
Hi Boomer, looks great again. I wonder how you get the end of the static grass fibres flocked till the end of it. I have the problem often that when flocking is finished you see still points of the fibres. What I do no is after drying flock a second time. I do also use matte medium.
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Some fibers will show, but no will notice but you. Sometimes I just dab on more matte medium and flock a little.😁
@railfan1956
Жыл бұрын
You paint the limbs an umber color to add contrast to the brown tree trunk?
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Yes. Then I drybrush the trunk with light grey to make the bark texture pop.
@abuBrachiosaurus
Жыл бұрын
Modeling pines? I just go to my yard and pluck a low hanging branch 😉
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Then they go brittle and fall apart . . . ;-)
@abuBrachiosaurus
Жыл бұрын
@@boomerdiorama Yeah, minor problem with that, will probably try your way. I am attempting to model a (fictional) area around southern Washington and northern Oregon by the Cascade mountains.
@pserg1788
Жыл бұрын
Rio Bravo Boomer!!!
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@ralphrenzetti22
Жыл бұрын
Boomer do you ever use CA zip kicker when you attach the branches?
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Never. I hate that stuff. I use fresh CA in the smallest bottle I can acquire. Zip Kicker is extremely toxic and designed to revive "flat" CA which is why I try to only buy the 1/2 oz. bottles because I can use them up before they go flat.
@DisVietVetUSA
Жыл бұрын
Will this be on the Final Exam?
@boomerdiorama
Жыл бұрын
Are you re-taking the course, or just auditing? . . . lol.
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