Inexpensive Ways to Model Realistic Bushes and Wildflowers
Summary
Commercial offerings for model railroad scenery have improved immensely in recent years. Learn how to replicate many of these results at a fraction of the cost.
Description
Commercial offerings for model railroad scenery have improved immensely in recent years. For example, there are quite realistic commercial bushes available from companies like Martin Welberg, but effective representations of these bushes can be made at home in a few simple steps. This clinic will show how to replicate many of these results at a fraction of the cost using ingredients such as jute twine, ink, hairspray, Superleaves, fine turf and static grass. A newer material called hair canopy from Treemendus, coupled withSuperleaves, will also be used to create realistic ground cover. The presentation will also illustrate how to make realistic representations of specific species of wildflowers that are a key ingredient of any rural scene. The wildflowers are created in a few simple steps with paint brush bristles, paint, Modge Podge and Woodland Scenics Pollen and Plant Hues. Examples will be given of how to work these creations into your scenery. As a grand finale, the goldenrod model will be presented to the Picture This plant recognition app. Will the model pass the test?
About Malcolm
Since retirement in 2009 from a busy career in research and development, Malcolm has renewed his lifelong interests in railroads, local history, and modelling. Since 2015, he has been the lead editor of Bytown Railway Society’s Branchline Magazine and has recently joined the organization’s Board of Directors. Malcolm is also an active member of the informal Ottawa Railway History Circle which meets weekly to discuss, share and document research on the greater Ottawa area’s railway history. He served for several years as Superintendent of the St. Lawrence Division of the NMRA and guided it through the pandemic with monthly Zoom sessions of clinics and shared modelling. At present, he is building a model railroad based on local prototype branchlines.
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