Pine 20 cm, 5 pcs

HEKI Pines 20 cm, 5 pcs

Five finished model conifers from the German maker HEKI, twenty centimeters tall. A pine differs in shape from a spruce: it has a high-set, open and often asymmetrical crown on a long bare trunk, so a pine wood is airy and full of light. At twenty centimeters these are genuinely mature trees, and five of them add up to a group that counts as a landmark on a layout rather than mere background filling.

Use

• a mature pine wood on sandy and dry soils
• a group of tall conifers in the foreground of a scene
• forest edges above a railroad and a road
• dunes, sandy ground and poor soils
• growth with a tall bare trunk and clear space beneath it
• mature conifers around forester's lodges and forest tracks

How to work with the trees

The trees are pushed into pre-drilled holes or glued by the foot of the trunk. With twenty-centimeter pieces make the hole deeper and fix the trunk with a drop of glue. In a pine wood leave more room between the trees than with spruces and cover the ground beneath them with needles and dry grass, because pines let light right down to the floor. Keep the spacing irregular and tilt the trunks slightly.

Who the set is for

For builders of layouts and dioramas with coniferous forest and for modelers who need mature trees for the foreground. This is modeling material, not a toy. The manufacturer marks its scenery products as unsuitable for children under fifteen.