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Modelling a winter scene, I had to give a little extra thought to the bare trees on my British outline layout. I ended up using twisted wire strands to get the basic shape, covering the wire in Artex (a type of flexible paint with sandy bits in it, I don't know what it's called in US) and gluing sea grass to the ends of the wire. this is known as 'Forest in a Box' in the UK. You can catch the trees at http://uk.msnusers,com/jongrantsrailroadmodels If you model summer, you could always cover the wire strands in Woodland Scenics foliage. Persevere with it, as model tree making is fascinating once you get into it. Jon (74 handmade trees) Grant have a
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