I am try to make some bush that look like fall “Sumac” for my HO layout. Want to place them along my rural roads near forest edge.
Any suggestions on what to use to make them, Want it so the redish leaves appear to be underneath the sumac’s green leaves-- like early fall.
Any suggestions are appreciated.
Don’t have any tips for making them, but Alkem Scale Models makes sumac…
http://www.geocities.com/bkempins/ASMMain/SumacCattails.html
thanks for the link, i’ve been trying to work that one out too… if you’re not familiar , google it ,… they’re beautiful when they turn bright red in the fall… they grow along the hwy’s / roads here in Mn / Ws. sometimes even planted as an erosion countermeasure… they’re sorta thick,bush like
I found some brass etched summac I painted red. Here is a pic from my hunting scene. I don’t have a close up.
As I remember them (Nortern NYS) they were a small tree with mostly red leaves in late fall. They go from a green/yellow mix to the red. To model the transition, you could use small clippings from Scenic Express Super Trees. Take the armature (branch matrix) and spray it with spray glue or hair spray. Dribble a green/yellow mix on top; then turn it over and dribble bright red on the bottoms. Or just use all red for middle Fall.
Gentlemen, thank you ALl for the helpfull information. Ray i ordered some of thst product. MRR Sparky thanks for the neat painting idea’s.
“Keep it between the ties and on the rail’s”
Mwoky
Read this last night, drove by some today and thought about how they looked. If you had your bush the size and shape you want, how about just a light overspray of red from top or bottom (try both). Haven’t tried it, but that is sort of how they looked to me.
Good luck,
So that’s why they are all over the right of way. They are soil stabilizers. I grew up in Philadelphia area, these are all over the place. Thanks for the lead on these models, they would be hard to make otherwise.
Chris