Saturday, August 15, 2020

Tiny Wire Trees - Amazon is Your Friend (at least here in the states)


Several commenters from the previous post on forrest hexes have asked for a link to the wire trees I purchased from Amazon.  Here's a picture of the four sizes I'm testing outThe 2 ones on the left are  3.0-3.15 inches high and will work well with 15mm figures while the two on the right are more for 6mm and range from 2 inches to 1.25 high.  The smaller ones are used more from scenery highlights rather than forests.

Please note that Amazon links are not the most stable thing in the world as vendors do change their wares and pricing levels.  A better way to discover them is to search using the term "Z-Scale Wire Trees" (or any other model railroad scale of your choice)

80mm Deciduous Trees (3.15 inches)
    40 for $13.99 or $0.35 each

50mm Deciduous Trees (2.0 inches)
    50 for $13.99 or $0.28 each

32mm Deciduous Trees (1.25 inches)
    100 for $13.99 or $0.14 each

69mm Conifers (2.72 inches)
    40 for $14.99 or $0.37 each

These trees aren't perfect but really cant be beat for the price.  In my opinion they are better than similarly sized Woodland Scenics trees and the flocking is attached in a more durable way.  They're also cheaper as a pack of 24 Woodland Scenics 2"-3" trees which is priced at $33.73 or $1.40 per tree.  Better and cheaper is always a good mix for me.  It's likely some horrible chemicals are used in the glueing process and I would just prefer to remain ignorant of that.

I am sure there are cheaper ways to purchase these - perhaps from Alibaba if you buy in bulk, but nothing beats the time and ease factor of Amazon for me.  Of course, your milage may vary.






4 comments:

Kelly Armstrong said...

Yep that's a pretty good deal. I just purchased some JTT cornstalks from somewhere on Amazon. $12 for 28 stalks. they have them for HO and O scale and the O scale ones can be clipped to work great with 28mm figs

Delta Coy said...

Yup, cheap works for me as well. Looking forward to seeing the completed table.

Lasgunpacker said...

Thanks! Appreciate the comparison shot too.

Paul said...

They look nice. I've found some pretty good trees on ebay too, very cheap as long as you don't mind a bit of a wait for delivery.