1:35 Maple

Maple in 1:35 from Vertigo miniatures

This is a scenic accessory capturing maple foliage in 1:35 scale. It is not a model of a tree and not a kit: the leaves serve for putting foliage on your own armature of a tree or a bush and for scattering fallen leaves over the ground. A maple leaf has a prominent, deeply lobed shape that a viewer recognizes even in a small scale, and a scene thus gains a particular species of tree instead of indeterminate green growth. Maple is, what is more, rewarding for autumn themes, because it stands richly yellow and red tones.

Use

• Coat the branches of the armature of a tree with PVA glue or with thin cyanoacrylate glue.
• Lay the leaves on in smaller portions, so that the crown stays open to the light inside.
• Spread the rest beneath the tree as fallen leaves, more densely by the trunk and in sheltered spots.
• Mix the shades; a uniformly colored crown gives a model away at first glance.

Tips for a faithful result

It is a good idea to tone the leaves before gluing them. Spread them out on paper and spray or brush them lightly with thinned acrylic paint, or with several shades one after another. For an autumn scene combine yellow, ocher and rust and leave a few leaves green, because a tree never changes color all at once. When composing the crown, step back from the model as you go and judge the silhouette as a whole. Finally, fix the fallen leaves with thinned glue applied with a dropper.

Who it is for

• Modelers of dioramas with figures and vehicles in 1:35 scale.
• Makers of autumn and summer landscape scenes.
• Anyone who wants a particular species of tree in a scene instead of generic greenery.

The armature of a tree, glue and paints are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.