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My wife and I are experimenting with trees as generally speaking most seem like lichen on a stick. Apart from seasonal changes, less important where I live, there are fundamental differences in size, shape and folage as well as colour. I think these need to be considered if trees are going to look "right" in the landscape. I think generally trees on model railways are a bit too small and they often dont look right because they have been stuck onto the scenery rather than blended in. There are various techniques using twisted wire and fillet, hot glue guns and various cuttings from real trees.With these I think I can get the right size and shape but the folages has got me stumped. When you look at a tree from a distance you can still see a variation according to leave shape and size and i'd like to try and pick up on that without gluing on individual leaves!!! My wife, Jane, is studying landscape design so we use alot of her books on tree identificantion to work out general shapes and sizes. I hope this is of some use
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