IMHO, most model railroad trees are too small for mature trees. Just look at the trees around the area. For trees in the 60'-95'range you wind up with a tree 12"-18" tall. I have seen an O scale modeler model 150' trees which looked neat and yes, they were 3' tall.
Dave Heine Easton, Pa -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of empirebuilderjjhill Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 7:01 AM To: [email protected] Subject: {S-Scale List} Average height of Spruce trees in Alaska/Can.? Hi Jace, I recently finished the trackwork on my first module and am waiting to receive a pair of custom kits from Keith Wiseman which I will use to build the Galt Passenger Station, which was being used as a commuter station by the 1970's, and the Galt Freight Station, which was being used as a reality office by the `70's. While waiting for these kits to arrive, I figured, I'd start manufacturing trees for the module. While most of my planned modules will be situated in Alaska, this module will be the one to connect my Alaskan sections to the club's modular layout, which is set in the lower-48. Therefore, while the "south western" and "south eastern" ends of this 40 inch wide module will be in the lower-48, and the single track running across the "northern" end of the module will be in Alaska, the majority of this module will actually be in Canada, specifically Cambridge, Ontario, which annexed the village of Galt. According to what I've read and seen, the most common tree in both Alaska and Canada is the white spruce, followed closely behind by the black spruce, with an occasional rare Sitka Spruce along the Pacific coast. Interestingly, I actually have a naturally planted, three year old, white spruce growing in my front yard, despite supposedly being outside the range of this tree. >From what I've read, White Spruce regularly reach heights of 90 feet, with some topping out at 130 feet, Black Spruce regularly reach heights of 50 feet with some reaching 90 feet and Sitka Spruce can reach heights of 315 feet with most mature trees measuring over 200 feet in height. Putting the Sitka aside for a moment, would you say that most trees in Alaska and Canada range from 40-80 feet in height? I ask because, being used to the 8-foor (scale) pipe cleaner "Christmas Trees" the truck I cut for one of these trees looks ridiculously large. ~James~ ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
