Good point Dave. A reminder, modeling Colorado as I'm doing, the higher the elevation, the shorter the tree. Finally around 10,500ft, you hit the treelike and they don't grow at all . Most of us won't be that high. I certainly agree that most of our model trees are too short.
Sent from my iPhone On Jul 23, 2012, at 8:07 AM, "David Heine" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > >
