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Making Handmade Pine Trees & Winter Pine Trees adds an extra scenic dimension to any model railroad. They aesthetically enhance landscapes with their colour and texture, helping scenery to appear more well balanced and natural. I would personally recommend to all model railroaders to apply this type of terrain to their models in order to get the fullest level of visual pleasure.

Making Pine Trees & Winter Pine Trees

Download your Model Pine Trees & Winter Pine Trees PDF File that’s adds an extra scenic dimension to any model railroad. They aesthetically enhance landscapes with their colour and texture, helping scenery to appear more well balanced and natural. I would personally recommend to all model railroaders to apply this type of terrain to their models in order to get the fullest level of visual pleasure.
Making Handmade Pine Trees & Winter Pine Trees adds an extra scenic dimension to any model railroad. They aesthetically enhance landscapes with their colour and texture, helping scenery to appear more well balanced and natural. I would personally recommend to all model railroaders to apply this type of terrain to their models in order to get the fullest level of visual pleasure.

Handmade Pine Trees & Winter Pine Trees

Making model Pine Trees & Winter Pine Trees add an extra scenic dimension to any model railroad. They aesthetically enhance landscapes with their colour and texture, helping scenery to appear more well balanced and natural. I would personally recommend to all model railroaders to apply this type of terrain to their models in order to get the fullest level of visual pleasure.

Below I have compiled some of my favourite videos, along with a few of my own, demonstrating how to design your own model Pine Trees & Winter Pine Trees. Each video provides you with all the tools and steps necessary to create this type of landscape, each demonstrating a different method.

Start Making your Handmade model Pine Trees & Winter Pine Trees Step by step. Handmade model Pine Trees & Winter Pine Trees adds an extra scenic dimension to any model railroad. They aesthetically enhance landscapes with their colour and texture, helping scenery to appear more well balanced and natural. I would personally recommend to all model railroaders to apply this type of terrain to their models in order to get the fullest level of visual pleasure.

Step by Step
Instructions

Start Making your Handmade model Pine Trees & Winter Pine Trees Step by step. Handmade model Pine Trees & Winter Pine Trees adds an extra scenic dimension to any model railroad. They aesthetically enhance landscapes with their colour and texture, helping scenery to appear more well balanced and natural. I would personally recommend to all model railroaders to apply this type of terrain to their models in order to get the fullest level of visual pleasure.
Making Handmade model Pine Trees & Winter Pine Trees add an extra scenic dimension to any model railroad. They aesthetically enhance landscapes with their colour and texture, helping scenery to appear more well balanced and natural. I would personally recommend to all model railroaders to apply this type of terrain to their models in order to get the fullest level of visual pleasure.

Handmade Pine Trees

You will be building Pine trees with fine detailing. The trees you will be making are 3in, 5in &7in in height.  The trees can be used for model railroading, war games, and many more things.

Download your Model Pine Trees & Winter Pine Trees PDF File that’s adds an extra scenic dimension to any model railroad. They aesthetically enhance landscapes with their colour and texture, helping scenery to appear more well balanced and natural. I would personally recommend to all model railroaders to apply this type of terrain to their models in order to get the fullest level of visual pleasure.
Making Handmade model Pine Trees & Winter Pine Trees add an extra scenic dimension to any model railroad. They aesthetically enhance landscapes with their colour and texture, helping scenery to appear more well balanced and natural. I would personally recommend to all model railroaders to apply this type of terrain to their models in order to get the fullest level of visual pleasure.
Making Handmade model Pine Trees & Winter Pine Trees add an extra scenic dimension to any model railroad. They aesthetically enhance landscapes with their colour and texture, helping scenery to appear more well balanced and natural. I would personally recommend to all model railroaders to apply this type of terrain to their models in order to get the fullest level of visual pleasure.

Tools

- Cordless Drill
- Small Vice
- Wire Cutters
- 3 large Zip lock Bags
X-ACTO Knife
Tape measure
Scissors

Materials

- Woodland Scenic Fine Turf Weed #T1346
- Woodland Scenic Fine Turf Burnt Grass #T1344 Woodland Scenic Snow Soft Flake #SN140
- ¾ Masking tape
- Telephone or Networking cable soled wire
- Spool of gardening twine or Hemp
- Brown or Dark Green spray paint
- Spray Adhesive ( Optional 3M Super 77 )
- Hair Spray

Making Handmade model Pine Trees & Winter Pine Trees add an extra scenic dimension to any model railroad. They aesthetically enhance landscapes with their colour and texture, helping scenery to appear more well balanced and natural. I would personally recommend to all model railroaders to apply this type of terrain to their models in order to get the fullest level of visual pleasure.
Making Handmade model Pine Trees & Winter Pine Trees add an extra scenic dimension to any model railroad. They aesthetically enhance landscapes with their colour and texture, helping scenery to appear more well balanced and natural. I would personally recommend to all model railroaders to apply this type of terrain to their models in order to get the fullest level of visual pleasure.
1.
We began by cutting the cable in to strips depending on the size of trees you want.

3”-3 ½” trees you cut 4 ¼” strips
5”-5 ½” trees you cut 6 ½” strips
7”-7 ½” trees you cut 9” strips.
Making Handmade model Pine Trees & Winter Pine Trees add an extra scenic dimension to any model railroad. They aesthetically enhance landscapes with their colour and texture, helping scenery to appear more well balanced and natural. I would personally recommend to all model railroaders to apply this type of terrain to their models in order to get the fullest level of visual pleasure.
2.
Cut a slit through the cable and expose the wires inside. Remove the wire out of the cable and put it aside. You may note that there may be sets twisted in the cable Do not untwist them. If they are not twisted around each other Take 2 strips of wire and twists them together.
Making Handmade model Pine Trees & Winter Pine Trees add an extra scenic dimension to any model railroad. They aesthetically enhance landscapes with their colour and texture, helping scenery to appear more well balanced and natural. I would personally recommend to all model railroaders to apply this type of terrain to their models in order to get the fullest level of visual pleasure.
3.
Then cut a strip of masking tape the same length as your wire you have cut. Cut the tape length wise so you have two strips of tape.
Making Handmade model Pine Trees & Winter Pine Trees add an extra scenic dimension to any model railroad. They aesthetically enhance landscapes with their colour and texture, helping scenery to appear more well balanced and natural. I would personally recommend to all model railroaders to apply this type of terrain to their models in order to get the fullest level of visual pleasure.
4.
Then take two strips of masking tape and two strips of twisted wires. Place one strip of twisted wire on the masking tape and repeat with the second pair
.
Making Handmade model Pine Trees & Winter Pine Trees add an extra scenic dimension to any model railroad. They aesthetically enhance landscapes with their colour and texture, helping scenery to appear more well balanced and natural. I would personally recommend to all model railroaders to apply this type of terrain to their models in order to get the fullest level of visual pleasure.
5.
Then cut pieces of gardening twine to the length of branches you would like between 1 ½”-3”  in length  is recommended depending on the size of trees you make.
Making Handmade model Pine Trees & Winter Pine Trees add an extra scenic dimension to any model railroad. They aesthetically enhance landscapes with their colour and texture, helping scenery to appear more well balanced and natural. I would personally recommend to all model railroaders to apply this type of terrain to their models in order to get the fullest level of visual pleasure.
6.
Then unravel the gardening twine by giving it a little twist. Then take the untwisted twine and place it on one strip of wire and tape.
Making Handmade model Pine Trees & Winter Pine Trees add an extra scenic dimension to any model railroad. They aesthetically enhance landscapes with their colour and texture, helping scenery to appear more well balanced and natural. I would personally recommend to all model railroaders to apply this type of terrain to their models in order to get the fullest level of visual pleasure.
7.
Then place the second piece of wire and tape and sandwich it between the untwisted twine on to the piece of wire and tape. Then press down firmly so the tape sticks to one another and make sure the wire is in the middle.
Making Handmade model Pine Trees & Winter Pine Trees add an extra scenic dimension to any model railroad. They aesthetically enhance landscapes with their colour and texture, helping scenery to appear more well balanced and natural. I would personally recommend to all model railroaders to apply this type of terrain to their models in order to get the fullest level of visual pleasure.

8. Then trim the ends of excess tape on each side of the tree. Then on one end of the tree cut a V shape from the wires out to the end of the tape. This end will be the top of your tree. The other end of the tree you cut along each side of the tape up ¼” or a slight more depending on the size of your tree. This end will be the bottom of the tree.

Making Handmade model Pine Trees & Winter Pine Trees add an extra scenic dimension to any model railroad. They aesthetically enhance landscapes with their colour and texture, helping scenery to appear more well balanced and natural. I would personally recommend to all model railroaders to apply this type of terrain to their models in order to get the fullest level of visual pleasure.
9.
Next we shape the tree. We shape by trimming the tree with scissors, cutting from the top to bottom of both sides of the tree. You cut narrow at the top and as you go down you go wider.
Making Handmade model Pine Trees & Winter Pine Trees add an extra scenic dimension to any model railroad. They aesthetically enhance landscapes with their colour and texture, helping scenery to appear more well balanced and natural. I would personally recommend to all model railroaders to apply this type of terrain to their models in order to get the fullest level of visual pleasure.
10. 
Then you take the shaped tree and we clamp it in a vice at the bottom end.
Making Handmade model Pine Trees & Winter Pine Trees add an extra scenic dimension to any model railroad. They aesthetically enhance landscapes with their colour and texture, helping scenery to appear more well balanced and natural. I would personally recommend to all model railroaders to apply this type of terrain to their models in order to get the fullest level of visual pleasure.
11.
Next we take our cordless drill and clamp the top end of the tree in the chuck. Then you put a slight tension on the tree and start twisting the tree slowly until the tree is twisted tightly together and then a tree shape will appear.
Making Handmade model Pine Trees & Winter Pine Trees add an extra scenic dimension to any model railroad. They aesthetically enhance landscapes with their colour and texture, helping scenery to appear more well balanced and natural. I would personally recommend to all model railroaders to apply this type of terrain to their models in order to get the fullest level of visual pleasure.
12.
Next you take the tree and trim off the excess tape and hand twist the bottom of the tree so there is no loose tape. Also trim the any loose branches.
Making Handmade model Pine Trees & Winter Pine Trees add an extra scenic dimension to any model railroad. They aesthetically enhance landscapes with their colour and texture, helping scenery to appear more well balanced and natural. I would personally recommend to all model railroaders to apply this type of terrain to their models in order to get the fullest level of visual pleasure.
13.
Now the tree should look like this.
Making Handmade model Pine Trees & Winter Pine Trees add an extra scenic dimension to any model railroad. They aesthetically enhance landscapes with their colour and texture, helping scenery to appear more well balanced and natural. I would personally recommend to all model railroaders to apply this type of terrain to their models in order to get the fullest level of visual pleasure.
14.
Next you use brown or dark green spray paint and spray paint the tree as a base coat.
Making Handmade model Pine Trees & Winter Pine Trees add an extra scenic dimension to any model railroad. They aesthetically enhance landscapes with their colour and texture, helping scenery to appear more well balanced and natural. I would personally recommend to all model railroaders to apply this type of terrain to their models in order to get the fullest level of visual pleasure.
15.
Next you use 3M Super 77 Spray Adhesive and spray a generous coat of spray adhesive all over the tree.
Making Handmade model Pine Trees & Winter Pine Trees add an extra scenic dimension to any model railroad. They aesthetically enhance landscapes with their colour and texture, helping scenery to appear more well balanced and natural. I would personally recommend to all model railroaders to apply this type of terrain to their models in order to get the fullest level of visual pleasure.
16.
Next you put Woodland Scenic Fine Turf Weed #T1346 in a zip lock bag. Then put the adhesive covered tree in the zip lock bag and close the bag and shake well until the tree is covered.
Making Handmade model Pine Trees & Winter Pine Trees add an extra scenic dimension to any model railroad. They aesthetically enhance landscapes with their colour and texture, helping scenery to appear more well balanced and natural. I would personally recommend to all model railroaders to apply this type of terrain to their models in order to get the fullest level of visual pleasure.
17.
Next you spray again a very thin coat of 3M super 77 Adhesive.
Making Handmade model Pine Trees & Winter Pine Trees add an extra scenic dimension to any model railroad. They aesthetically enhance landscapes with their colour and texture, helping scenery to appear more well balanced and natural. I would personally recommend to all model railroaders to apply this type of terrain to their models in order to get the fullest level of visual pleasure.
18.
Next you put Woodland Scenic Fine Turf Burnt Grass #T1344 in a zip lock bag. Then put the adhesive covered tree in the zip lock bag for a second time and close the bag and shake well until the tree is covered.
Making Handmade model Pine Trees & Winter Pine Trees add an extra scenic dimension to any model railroad. They aesthetically enhance landscapes with their colour and texture, helping scenery to appear more well balanced and natural. I would personally recommend to all model railroaders to apply this type of terrain to their models in order to get the fullest level of visual pleasure.
19.
Spray a coat of hair spray on the tree to hold the finish.

Now you have completed you first Pine Tree.
Continue for the Winter Pine Tree
Making Handmade model Pine Trees & Winter Pine Trees add an extra scenic dimension to any model railroad. They aesthetically enhance landscapes with their colour and texture, helping scenery to appear more well balanced and natural. I would personally recommend to all model railroaders to apply this type of terrain to their models in order to get the fullest level of visual pleasure.
20.
Next you spray again a very thin coat f 3M super 77 Adhesive.
Making Handmade model Pine Trees & Winter Pine Trees add an extra scenic dimension to any model railroad. They aesthetically enhance landscapes with their colour and texture, helping scenery to appear more well balanced and natural. I would personally recommend to all model railroaders to apply this type of terrain to their models in order to get the fullest level of visual pleasure.
21.
Next you put Woodland Scenic Snow Soft Flake #SN140 in a zip lock bag. Then put the adhesive covered tree in the zip lock bag for a third time and close the bag and shake well until the tree is covered.
Making Handmade model Pine Trees & Winter Pine Trees add an extra scenic dimension to any model railroad. They aesthetically enhance landscapes with their colour and texture, helping scenery to appear more well balanced and natural. I would personally recommend to all model railroaders to apply this type of terrain to their models in order to get the fullest level of visual pleasure.
22.
Spray a coat of hair spray on the tree to hold the finish.

Now you have completed you first Winter Pine Tree.
 

Making Pine Trees & Winter Pine Trees

Download your Model Pine Trees & Winter Pine Trees PDF File that’s adds an extra scenic dimension to any model railroad. They aesthetically enhance landscapes with their colour and texture, helping scenery to appear more well balanced and natural. I would personally recommend to all model railroaders to apply this type of terrain to their models in order to get the fullest level of visual pleasure.
 

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