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100+Trees Added Too My Layout!

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100+Trees Added Too My Layout!
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 8, 2006 8:32 PM
Heyy Guys I Have Just Planted the 100th tree on my layout. i bought a Heki Pack of 100 pine trees and i got them in the mail today! i was so happy and im even happier that my trees have been planted on my layout. it looks great as soon as i get batteries for my camera ill have pics!

Thnx Keith
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Posted by ukguy on Monday, May 8, 2006 8:35 PM
Sounds great Kieth, I for one cant wait for the pics... trees are one of the things that make alot of difference to how a layout looks. I'm glad you are happy with yours.

Have fun & be safe
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Posted by beegle55 on Monday, May 8, 2006 9:18 PM
Sounds like fun, or sounds like frustration. Its probably a relief that your finished. Hope it went pretty well.
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Posted by selector on Monday, May 8, 2006 9:20 PM
I hope you found the results worth it...? That can only be described as a labour of love, from my way of thinking. And I had better love planting trees, too, because I am due to do a whole bunch in the next few weeks.

Any pix?
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Posted by simon1966 on Monday, May 8, 2006 9:30 PM
100 trees sounds like a lot, but they seem to vanish quickly on to the layout. Do you still have bare patches or did they do the job?

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Posted by ukguy on Tuesday, May 9, 2006 3:22 AM
you hit the nail squarely on the head Simon, 100 sounds alot but when you think that each tree is only around 2" square the layout eats them up, I know from past experience I planted around 150 on a 2' section and it still looked bare, I guess it depends on how dense you want the greenery, but I have seen the saying often.. "you can never haver too many trees"

Trees in the foreground and "filler" behind is one way to overcome this, floral moss can be used as filler for one example.

Have fun & be safe
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Posted by trainfreek92 on Tuesday, May 9, 2006 6:11 PM
cool dude!!! Get some batteries so you can post pics!
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Posted by Benjamin Maggi on Tuesday, May 9, 2006 8:17 PM
I need lots of Pine Trees for my N scale layout. I looked up Heki and am guessing you purchased their "100 pine tree" pack. How tall are they, and would they be too tall for N scale? Too short? Just right?

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 9, 2006 8:27 PM
I model N Scale and they are perfect size. they are2-3 inches tall they are perfect u have too drill holes instead of gluing them down but drilling holes holds it down better anyways and yes i bought the 100 pack and what a deal ive never used a tree system this easy and quick! it took me 15 minutes too load my n scale woth 100 pine trees!

Good Luck and see my pics down below on layout updates!!

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