Video: How to make and install puffball trees

Comments MRR
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“Just took them out of the oven”? Really?

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Great idea! I want to go ahead and use it.

I have been able to find white polyfiber - but where did you get the dark colored poly?

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i hang a sheet up and paint it light green then let it dry then tear off small pces then roll them soak em in 50 50 glue water then them in a plastic container with ground foam and shake then pull out and dry they look great

24

This simplifies what I thought would be a complicated job. Thanks.

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i use hair spay instead of white glue the cheap kind

26

Another very good tip

27

Great. Bonjing Valley Railroad (On30) now requires a bush line to work the forest… And I thought I might have the layout (empire) almost completed before 2015…
Easy Forest idea!

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Same question as asked earlier: Where do you get a bag of dark colored poly fill fiber? I can only find white poly-fiber.

Does anyone at MR ever read these comments and reply?

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I just ordered dark poly fiber from micro mark.

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WOODLAND SENICS MAKES COLORED POLY FIBER. MAKES GOOD PUFF BALL TREES, BUT… YOU GOT TO REALLY LIKE MAKING TREES! IT TAKES ALOT!

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I wondered about that,too, but I think the oven reference was in jest. I doubt they’d put a plastic paint tray in the oven.

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Hello all,

Glad you’ve enjoyed the puffball tree segment. I just wanted to point out that the “out of the oven” comment Cody makes is a jest (think cooking shows), so please don’t try that one at home. We really do believe that model railroading is fun, and to that end we try to put some humor into our clips. This one seems to have mislead several people, and that is never our intention.

Best wishes on your puffball trees!

David Popp
Managing editor
Model Railroader magazine

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I will definitely be using this technique soon, thanks MR

34

Great video for a novice like me. Thanks for the helpful tips!

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great tip–keep 'em coming!

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I will be installing my own puffball forest as soon as micro-marc gets here! Thanks for the refresher course!

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I like it

38

Hi,

This is a great vid you people have made on the subject of scenery.

A question or two that I do have is…

  1. Do the puff ball trees become hard and brittle when the glue dries?

  2. Can puff ball trees be made ahead of time and be used at a later date?

Thank you.

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Direct and to the point, in a very tasteful way.

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great video for making puffball trees.
were can i get the black poly fiber at ?
can not find any one that has it…