need a little help

[csxengineer98]

here is the deal....i need a cheep but yet somewhat real looking to make alot..and i mean alot of trees...or some way to fill in larg areas with something that at about 2 feet distance that looks like trees....the solution has to be something that can be put over screenwire and newpaper hardshell.....anyone have any experiance in this area..or any ideas that anyone has seen or read over the years would be a great help....thanks
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[egmurphy]

Try this website. This guy used a cottonball method to cover a hillside. Looks really good. You'd still want to make some individual trees for the foreground, but this will create a forest quickly.

http://www.portsmouthbranch.com/trees.html


Regards

Ed

[cwclark]

a lot of people don't like this idea, but as long as they aren't near the track, i've found that steel wool makes very good, cheap, hilltop tree filler and doesn't interfere with locomotive motors after it's sealed with paint...I purchase fine steel wool and roll it into tree size balls.. paint the steel wool balls forrest green and moss green to make cloud shadow effects when looking at it from a distance...I then put in three rows of trees made from the crepe myrtle bloom and woodland scenic's clump foilage in the foreground and behind that hot glue the steel wool to the layout filling the entire hilltop in the background....Chuck

[Hudsonmike]

I went to egmurphys site but its seems to be a lot more work than my way
and I did not like his results
I made my mountain using the cotton ball method
and its a nice way to cover a large area.
I can't post a photo on here, So if you e-mail me I'll send you photos
of the work and than explain the proccess to you
it really looks great
MIke

[csxengineer98]

QUOTE: Originally posted by egmurphy

Try this website. This guy used a cottonball method to cover a hillside. Looks really good. You'd still want to make some individual trees for the foreground, but this will create a forest quickly.

http://www.portsmouthbranch.com/trees.html


Regards

Ed

sweet....that type of coverage is exactly what i need..and the price is right... im printing out your instructions and going to pitch it to the club next meeting night... thanks for the help
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[csxengineer98]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Hudsonmike

I went to egmurphys site but its seems to be a lot more work than my way
and I did not like his results
I made my mountain using the cotton ball method
and its a nice way to cover a large area.
I can't post a photo on here, So if you e-mail me I'll send you photos
of the work and than explain the proccess to you
it really looks great
MIke

my email address is
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thanks
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[csxengineer98]

Update....i tried the method that was posted in that websight..and it looks F-ing sweet...exactly what i was after..and the guys at the cub dig it too...looks great... althow i changed it just a little bit..insted of useing the hogepog or what ever that stuff was..i just used elmers white glue mixed with alot of water in a spray bottle...works just as good i think....and i have 1 more question..i used black sparypaint as it was shown..but talk about some major fumes... is thier anything out thier in spary cans that donst have killer oddors? thought about an airbrush..and black paint..but that might be to cost prohibitive given the size of the area that im working on...? and can you use this methed to make forground trees with trunks?
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[csxengineer98]

guess that was 2 questions now that i look back on it..lol
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