More trees to grow !

[JR]

Afternoon all .
Yesterday the weights came off the now dry and fully pressed leaves.



Made a start this morning on the first one, using a small drill bit .


A series of holes were drilled into the trunk. Then followed the rather fiddly gluing with ca the stems in.

After approx 2 hrs I have managed this .





My only concern is that the top, but thinning the trunk would leave so little material to drill into. Any ideas please :nerd:
Thanks
John .

[outrunner]

Just a thought John, but if you had tapered the stick from further down (like a ships mast) it might not have looked so obvious. But great work anyway.

Andy.

[Steven000]

:thumb2: The trees looks great John,
I like to put the top-branches up, perhaps you can mask the trunk a bit more when you ad some more up-growing small leaves?

[Allen Dewire]

Hi Buddy,

Andy has a great idea there! It's all trial and error anyway until you're happy with it. They look nice and green too!!!!

Why do I hear "Jingle Bells" playing in the back ground……...………………………….

Bleib Gesund
Dude 1

[Guest]

Hi John,
That's a great idea.
Suggestion, lay the 'trunk' down on the bench and then sand it to a taper by sanding and rotating the 'trunk' backwards and forwards over its full length. And if you point the top branch up you could disguise the top. Like this fellow.
Mike.
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[JR]

Just a thought John, but if you had tapered the stick from further down (like a ships mast) it might not have looked so obvious. But great work anyway.

Andy.
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:thumb2: The trees looks great John,
I like to put the top-branches up, perhaps you can mask the trunk a bit more when you ad some more up-growing small leaves?

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Hi Buddy,

Andy has a great idea there! It's all trial and error anyway until you're happy with it. They look nice and green too!!!!

Why do I hear "Jingle Bells" playing in the back ground……...………………………….

Bleib Gesund
Dude 1

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Hi John,
That's a great idea.
Suggestion, lay the 'trunk' down on the bench and then sand it to a taper by sanding and rotating the 'trunk' backwards and forwards over its full length. And if you point the top branch up you could disguise the top. Like this fellow.
Mike.
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Thanks guys, yes agree entirely.
Think the problems is with the thickness of the trunk. I need to thin it down more, the problem after that will be in drilling the holes in a very thin top section.
Out with the large belt sander tomorrow, mask on, invert the sander and turn them all down
Think will need to do another gathering of branches as well.
All good fun along with the fact that these branches look more like the European larch which in fact actually loses its colour in the winter.

John

[Jim R]

Hi John
Certainly shows promise. Are the ferns stiff now they are dry or does the preserving keep them flexible?
Jim

[Steve Jones]

Nice to see these in the vertical position. When you se Mike's photo you realise how realistic they are. Great stuff mate.

[JR]

Hi John
Certainly shows promise. Are the ferns stiff now they are dry or does the preserving keep them flexible?
Jim

Evening Jim, thanks , getting there slowly. The ferns are relatively flexible after the treatment. Bend one too far on the stem and they will collapse.

Nice to see these in the vertical position. When you se Mike's photo you realise how realistic they are. Great stuff mate.

Cheers mate, once I sort out that thinning. Think part of the problem is the hight, in relation to scale , Siberian Larch (Larix sibirica) can reach up to 40mtrs and have a trunk diameter of up to 1mtr. There's no way these model trees could replicate that mature hight , so some measurements will need to be scaled tomorrow.

John .

[minitnkr]

Maybe use the back of a blade point to press a slot to mount the upper branches rather than drilling ounce tapered. Ferns really came out great. PaulE

[rtfoe]

Hi John, tapering as Mike suggested and cut slots as Paul suggested is the way I would approach my pine trees. Remember to start from the top and slowly work you way down. You can replace missing needles with short static grass after spraying from the top with spray mount.

Cheers,
Richard

[JR]

Maybe use the back of a blade point to press a slot to mount the upper branches rather than drilling ounce tapered. Ferns really came out great. PaulE

Brilliant idea Paul, thank you.

Hi John, tapering as Mike suggested and cut slots as Paul suggested is the way I would approach my pine trees. Remember to start from the top and slowly work you way down. You can replace missing needles with short static grass after spraying from the top with spray mount.

Cheers,
Richard

Hi Richard, nice to see you, well I hope. more great suggestions thank you .


This was a job that I did using Siberian Larch.

from this

to this .
Complete refurbishment. Happy days indeed.

John.

[Neil Merryweather]

by yourself, John? if so that's some achievement!

[adt70hk]

John

That is seriously impressive work, top notch all round!! And the model trees are looking pretty good too!!!

Seriously though is the greenhouse done as part of your 'day' job or is it in your back garden?

Keep up the good work on the trees, I'm following this one with interest.

ATB

Andrew

[JR]

John

That is seriously impressive work, top notch all round!! And the model trees are looking pretty good too!!!

Seriously though is the greenhouse done as part of your 'day' job or is it in your back garden?

Keep up the good work on the trees, I'm following this one with interest.

ATB

Andrew

Hi Andrew, it's was my job, joinery, spent the last 3 year's at work restoring 5 greenhouses on a large estate.
Had the most enjoyable time of my working life, just me and a couple of people I employed .
The original greenhouses were made in the 1900s by Foster and Pearson's.
John