Hey everyone Ive been preparing to plant some forests on my OO scale British layout. Trees sure are expensive arent they? I dont really have the time to make trees so I will probably just buy the cheapest, most realistic looking ones I can find, which seem to be evergreen trees judging by my LHS. there is this question thats been bothering me for a while though… are there natural evergreen forests in England?
sorry for the boring question [:I]
It took some diggiging but go here and all will be answered:
http://www.rfs.org.uk/index.asp?FirstLevel=9
Quick answer: Yes, with Pines and Firs plus some Spruce in the current mix.
http://stores.ebay.com/everydaygoodz_Model-Trees_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsubZ14110998QQftidZ2QQtZkm
Might want to check out this source for some nice trees at a good price.
MOST OF THE EVERGREEN FORESTS OVER HERE ARE MANAGED BY THE FORESTRY COMMISION OR PRIVATE ESTATES. SOME ARE PLANTED AS WOODLAND REPLACEMENT PROGRAMS SO HAVE BOTH TYPES DECIDUOUSE AND EVERGREEN. SORRY WHAT I MEANT WAS MOST ARE PLANTED IN ROWS WITH LARGE GAPS AND HARDLY ANY UNDERGROWTH
HOPE THIS HELPS
gAV
I was thinking about this, and it has been 10 years almost since I was there, but remember, in gerneral England was clear cut years, even centuries ago. So what forests there are are “new”, and managed, to one degree or another. On the train trips I took, mostly in the south and east, I really don’t recall anything more than groups of trees, rather than “forests”. Might save you some money in your planting!
Jeff, you just made me spit all over my monitor with your tag line! My sister lives in Palm Springs and thats how she ends all her E-mail!!!
From studying European history, most of the trees in England went sailing–first as English Racing Galleons under Queen Elizabeth I to defeat the Spanish Armada in 1588, then a great deal of the rest of them as Ships of the Line to defeat Napoleon and the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar around 1805. However, the last time I was in England, you could find attractive clumps of both deciduous and evergreen standing around the hedgerows. They’re extremely well taken care of, and quite pretty, but don’t expect England to look like Canada or the Pacific Northwest, LOL!
But oboy, is England pretty!
Tom
I’m not sure if Red Sedum is native to the UK, but that’s what I use to make lots of trees on the cheap. Here’s my “How To” page…
Hope you find it useful.
Lee
WM3798: Thanks for the link, I actually have a box of woodland scenics forest canopy that only had 1 sample tree made out of it , the results of which seemed very thin and straggly, but looking at your site I realise my mistake, I thought the dried flowery bits on the crown were meant to be removed. I will definately give your tips a try. Im not someone who needs the species of tree to be correct, but It would have kind of bothered me to have trees that are obviously wrong.
thanks for the help folks.
The trick is to break apart the sedum flower, and then re-assemble the pieces so you have several layers of canopy on the tree…
You can see there’s three stalks glued together to make the trunk. Instead of one structure that looks like an umbrella, there are several layers of branches making a more realistic profile.
The result is a decent looking tree, with very little out of pocket expense.
Lee