Spotted at the Springfield, Ohio May, 2015 Extravaganza (Flea Market)

Six log cabin banks, each about 4.5" long, three of which were mounted on a little landscape. On inspection, the logs were made with 1/4" dowels, notched like "Lincoln Logs." Wonder if it was a fundraising project for a church or Boy Scout camp?

BTW, when I was a kid, my American Flyer railroad had a whole forest of "pine cone trees" like the two in this photo.

paulrace wrote:BTW, when I was a kid, my American Flyer railroad had a whole forest of "pine cone trees" like the two in this photo.

paul...i guess i completely forgot about how pine cones were used for model train scenery "way back when"...i did a little searching...and what did i find?...here's just one of the many, many images of tree ideas that will be right at home with cardboard Christmas houses...

https://www.google.com/search?q=pine+co ... AQ&dpr=1.5

specifically this one...

http://diycozyhome.com/pine-cone-christmas-trees/

now...to find just the right size cones...my very best regards...howard...

First what a neat little scene and second--when I first starting collecting houses, I used spray painted pine cones in place of bottle brush trees for economic reasons at the time. I had completely forgotten about that!

I'll think I'll make some for this year's village--and oh, my train layout--tee-hee--

I don't remember using pinecones as trees but I remember people painting them silver or gold also putting white glue on them (or sometimes paint) and sprinkling glitter all over them and using them as decorations sometimes on trees with thread and sometimes just piled up in a bowl. Tom