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Trees
The previous thread on airbrushing reminded me of when I made trees for a previous layout using the old fibre rawl plugs rather than the new plastic ones. Does anyone know if these can still be obtained? John |
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Re: Trees
"John Firth" <john.firth@eztnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:46ac909b$0$1508$4c56ba96@master.news.zetnet.n et... > > > The previous thread on airbrushing reminded me of when I made trees for a > previous layout using the old fibre rawl plugs rather than the new plastic > ones. Does anyone know if these can still be obtained? "New plastic ones"? Where have you been living for the past half century?  )(kim) |
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Re: Trees
"kim" <ntscuser@aol.com> wrote in message news:A5WdnYu3s6vzDDHbnZ2dnUVZ8vqdnZ2d@giganews.com ... > "John Firth" <john.firth@eztnet.co.uk> wrote in message > news:46ac909b$0$1508$4c56ba96@master.news.zetnet.n et... >> >> >> The previous thread on airbrushing reminded me of when I made trees for a >> previous layout using the old fibre rawl plugs rather than the new >> plastic ones. Does anyone know if these can still be obtained? > > "New plastic ones"? 'New' is relative to what you are comparing it with : - )) Compared with the old fibre ones they are new. > Where have you been living for the past half century? )Well I do live in Mid Wales.  )John |
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Re: Trees
On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 16:07:07 +0100, "John Firth"
<john.firth@eztnet.co.uk> wrote: > > >"kim" <ntscuser@aol.com> wrote in message >news:A5WdnYu3s6vzDDHbnZ2dnUVZ8vqdnZ2d@giganews.co m... >> "John Firth" <john.firth@eztnet.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:46ac909b$0$1508$4c56ba96@master.news.zetnet.n et... >>> >>> >>> The previous thread on airbrushing reminded me of when I made trees for a >>> previous layout using the old fibre rawl plugs rather than the new >>> plastic ones. Does anyone know if these can still be obtained? >> >> "New plastic ones"? > >'New' is relative to what you are comparing it with : - )) Compared with >the old fibre ones they are new. > > >> Where have you been living for the past half century? )> >Well I do live in Mid Wales. )> >John > What a coincidence. Was only talking about the old fibre type last week when lack of a suitable plastic fitting was holding up a younger person than me from doing a job. While showing him that in this instance a couple of quickly whittled wooden wedges hammered in to the wall would provide a fixing the subject came up. We decided there might be a market in selling Organic wallplugs as anything with the word Organic in it seems to be the new buzz marketing word taking over from the word Digital. G.Harman |
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Re: Trees
<oldship@interalpha.couk> wrote in message news:3mmpa3ddk30eqgf2fmqneio59amgrfa5rt@4ax.com... > On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 16:07:07 +0100, "John Firth" > <john.firth@eztnet.co.uk> wrote: > >> >> >>"kim" <ntscuser@aol.com> wrote in message >>news:A5WdnYu3s6vzDDHbnZ2dnUVZ8vqdnZ2d@giganews.c om... >>> "John Firth" <john.firth@eztnet.co.uk> wrote in message >>> news:46ac909b$0$1508$4c56ba96@master.news.zetnet.n et... >>>> >>>> >>>> The previous thread on airbrushing reminded me of when I made trees for >>>> a >>>> previous layout using the old fibre rawl plugs rather than the new >>>> plastic ones. Does anyone know if these can still be obtained? >>> >>> "New plastic ones"? >> >>'New' is relative to what you are comparing it with : - )) Compared with >>the old fibre ones they are new. >> >> >>> Where have you been living for the past half century? )>> >>Well I do live in Mid Wales. )>> >>John >> > What a coincidence. Was only talking about the old fibre type last > week when lack of a suitable plastic fitting was holding up a younger > person than me from doing a job. While showing him that in this > instance a couple of quickly whittled wooden wedges hammered in to the > wall would provide a fixing the subject came up. > We decided there might be a market in selling Organic wallplugs as > anything with the word Organic in it seems to be the new buzz > marketing word taking over from the word Digital. > > G.Harman Too late, think theyre called matchsticks - thats what I use most of the time. Cheers, Simon |
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Re: Trees
On 29 Jul, 14:05, "John Firth" <john.fi...@eztnet.co.uk> wrote:
> The previous thread on airbrushing reminded me of when I made trees for a > previous layout using the old fibre rawl plugs rather than the new plastic > ones. Does anyone know if these can still be obtained? Yes you can still get them e.g. Toolfast Direct in Scotland If I was a plug short for a job I raided the children's pencil box for an old pencil nub and used that. OK how do you make model trees from fibre rawl plugs John ? Chris |
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Re: Trees
"Dragon Heart" <chris_brett@tesco.net> wrote in message news:1185763999.793795.233610@r34g2000hsd.googlegr oups.com... > On 29 Jul, 14:05, "John Firth" <john.fi...@eztnet.co.uk> wrote: >> The previous thread on airbrushing reminded me of when I made trees for a >> previous layout using the old fibre rawl plugs rather than the new >> plastic >> ones. Does anyone know if these can still be obtained? > > Yes you can still get them e.g. Toolfast Direct in Scotland > > If I was a plug short for a job I raided the children's pencil box for > an old pencil nub and used that. > > OK how do you make model trees from fibre rawl plugs John ? > > Chris > I just use them for the trunks. I get a long length of wire - usually the earth wire from an electrical cable, obviously not the stranded type :-)) I stick one end into the rawl plug to the length I want the trunk to be then I bend the wire back on itself at the height I wish the tree to be so that you have a single wire in the rawl plug and a double wire for the rest. Stick the top end in the vice and insert strands of the old ( again) type of string ( the white or creamy stuff that comes apart easily) from the top downwards as you twist the wire in the vice . Finally trim the finished tree to preferred shape and spray it to choice of colour . John |
