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The botanical garden
And what about the botanical garden...?
OK, I am pretty sure that the trees and plants paper models are not this popular to create a separate forum for them, so maybe I will put my first floristic attempts here. Once I needed an oak tree for an autumn diorama 1/32 (54 mm). I bought the device for cutting scaled down leaves out of real leaves. The idea of such leaf-cutter was bright (preservation of the color and the microstructure of the real leaves), however it was mid-summer time, while I needed the brownish autumn leaves. I tried to cut out the leaves from the common paper, however I found that the 80 g/sqm xerographic paper was too hard to be easy cut (it requires greater strength and the blades are quickly blunting and moreover the edges of the pieces were often frayed and the quality of the final product was far from being satisfactory). So I had to find pretty thin (but still stiff enough) paper, dyed in the mass. Finally I tried few types of kraft paper, some 40-50 g/sqm which suited perfectly. Only few green leaves on my oak tree were cut from the thicker sheet. And this is the result. The "frame" was made of the piece of wood and few pieces of wire, so the model is not a full-paper, but the bulk of the elements glued together are paper leaves - more than 400 pcs in this case.
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That is superb! I am impressed!
Rick - how about a separate Botanical Garden section - I have seen flower posts etc., some even recently!
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WOW! That's fantastic. Would be great for model railroading, etc.
Gary
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Thanks!
It would require much smaller leaves, at least approx. half this size for H0 or one third for TT. In this case the silhouette cutting machine is recommended.
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to incorporate all the Natural/Nature models?
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Holy-Faux Batman! Is that solid oak, or are you just happy to see trees? That is an impressive commitment to detail. Thank you for the inspiration. Well done.
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The Natural World, that's a great idea. But where does the natural world end and animals and birds begin? Perhaps some consolidation will be required to avoid confusion.
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Ok, what about Nature Walk?
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Yet more impressive work, Viator.
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I wasn't trying to stir the pot, just posing a question to consider.
I believe "The Natural World" is perfect. It says what it is. If the members require a sub-heading for their specific builds, it can be added later; fish, foul, or quadruped – OH MY!
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