On my HO RR, I was wanting to put some debre along side of the river, and on the trestle, like it does when the river rises then goes back down, Also I think the trtestle needs bird nests,ever seen one without bird nest? I was thinking of using fiberglass insulation, has anyone ever done this, any suggestions.
Small bits of stick from the yard to look like logs and branches that have been washed down the river. An HO scale birds nest is going to be very small, I would have thought that fibreglass insulation would have too large a texture to work. Try it and see what it looks like.
Mike,
I second Simon’s suggestion about the sticks. In the picture below, I used oak twigs sealed
with a little Dulcote… we had plenty of twigs lying around after hurricane Ivan[:)] Good luck, Dave
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In addition to debris, floods often leave mudlines on trees, buildings, etc, and flatten long grass and underbrush in the direction of flow.
I found the Caspia left over from making pine trees made wonderful trash. I used piles of it around the logging site and will add MUCH more when I get back to that project. I would use plastic clay to make bird’s nests. They are so small that even an eagle’s nest would only be about 3/8th inch around and difficlut to make with insulation. Plus that is nasty stuff to have out in the open. poly fiber would work, but that is tiny to work with. Show us your results. You may start a new thread of detailing.
I’ve made a few HO scale birds nests using very fine steel wool. I tear off a bit of it, and clamp one end in my tweezers, then wind it around the clump on the tip. When I have one of suitable size, then I can make a depression in the center where the birds would be. See the following example:
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Bob Boudreau
Bob: Rats with wings, what’s all that white stuff under the birds? Now that’s what I call putting in the details !
Bob,
The steel wool idea is great, I might have to try that! The “white stuff” adds a lot. [:D]
Try the cotton on the end of a q tip.