Thanks for the photo Torpedo:thumb:
I guess pine trees look differant depending on where they come from. I thought your coment about the Christmas trees was interesting. In the California Sierras they have trees that grow just like that, some are called silver tips.
For the tree in question, I would start with a cedar shingle. ( I perfer cedar because it is a soft wood). Split the shingle into a small strip, then tapper it to a point. You need to decide how tall you want the tree and cut it to lenght. Use a razor saw and run it up and down the tree trunk, this will put some groves into the trunk and make it look like bark. Now the fun part, drill small holes into the tree trunk and glue into the holes small dried flower stems ( you will have to find a dried flower that you think will look like the tree you are trying to model) For the tree shown in the photo I would not put any limbs on the lower part of the tree. Then you can add green folage to the branches that you have glued in place, and you will have a first class tree. If you want a quick and easer tree, use dish pan schubing pads, tear the pad into small squares and pull they apart until thy are very thin. Then stick them on the pointed tree trunk, slide them down where you want glue, and then do more of the same untill you reach the top of the tree. Add greee folage and you should have a fair looking tree.
Sorry for the long post:cry:
made it as brief as possable. my .02