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[Fullyautomatic]

What are the best tree's, scale wise for K&C and where do you purchase them? I know two years ago at OTSN there was a particular gentleman selling battle damaged trees and stumps. I never found his room again of course so I didn't get a chance to purchase any.I notice in Alex's and Kevin's recent pic's that trees are used.Can you give me and others a tip??? Hedgerow's to???

 

[Alexdakar]

I don't have a set tree that I always use. You can try Woodland Scenics trees that you make yourself or ready made JG trees which Treefrogs will be selling. For skinny trees you can you use Capsia from Hobby Lobby or Michael's. Do a search for scale trees on ebay. Just a few ideas.

 

[binder001]

I agree with the use of Woodland SCenics trees, either ready made (a little thick on the foliage) or the kits. Some of the best diorama stuff still seems to come from model railroad scenery (IMHO), so look at these sections in hobbyshops, or get a look at the catalogs from the Wm K. Walthers Company. I buy the H-O one about every year (also because I like to model the Union Pacific RR). Lots of good "cross over" materials. Speaking of model railroading - you can look in some of the model railroad books and magazines for tips on making your own trees from all kinds of materials.

Another approach is to keep an eye of the Department 56 stuff and the various other lines of "village" materials. They often have some nice trees. One nice thing is that a number of stores stock these lines for the Christmas season and put them on 50% off sale as the holiday nears. Remember to look at what the tree "could be" rather than "is".

Except for the hedgerows by Conte, I'm not aware of other sources yet. Again, model railroad scenery would be the best way to get the tangled, overgrown embankment look.

 

[The Military Workshop]

Hi,
Not about trees but a suggestion on Berlin building. Consider 1/35 wallpaper, carpets, street signs etc from Custom Dioramics see www.modelmecca.com VLS site.
All the best Brett, Brisbane Oz.

 

[Fullyautomatic]

Thanks Brett for the intel on this site.Looking at the pictures they sure provide a wide variation of diorama material.Do you know how well the scale matches to K&C soldiers?Do you have any of the buildings or pic's with K&C soldiers to compare to?It also sounds as if you have to be a member to buy from them.Am I reading this right?There prices seem very reasonable, especially on the buildings.Has anyone else on the board used this company's product?Has any of the dealers that visit this board used or sold any of this product??First glance it looks to be on par with Build-a-Rama.

 

[Alexdakar]

The buildings don't match up very well with K&C but you can get away with the scenery materials like trees, crates, bushes, etc.

 

[The Military Workshop]

We have used a couple of the building items as background to Afrika Korps display. However looking at them one much too small but other, a Church, has much bigger door height and looks OK with KC figure in front. Bad news is I can't find those two in current VLS catalogue. Some Customs Dioramics items where scale difference not so obvious are CO 0038 Wallpaper CO 0039 and 0040 Tiled Marble,CO 0044 Striped Wallpaper, CD 224 Carpets and Rugs (Persian style), CD 5013 German Commercial signs etc.
Not expensive and most major USA hobby shops should stock VLS/Custom Dioramics products or you can order direct from them.
Other model brands that may be of interest are Toro (35002 three sections of cobblestone but needs painting) and Miniart who do ruined buildings. Just ideas but they are 1/35 scale.
Brett