Tree line! Stupid autocorrect! Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 23, 2012, at 8:12 AM, John Albee <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> > = > > > > > >
