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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2015 18:30:49 GMT -8
I think he means the spacing & tree sizes are too even. I'd tone down the brightness and add some more ground cover Yep, that's what I meant. Tough?, I guess, but he asked and I thought an honest answer would be the best route to take. Hard to be honest in this politically correct world of tender feelings. Feh, I'm pretty sure he's ok with constructive criticism. Asking for advice should be encouraged, after all, the goal is improved modeling and we're all here to share. That's one of my motives in doing the "scenery" poll. atlasrescueforum.proboards.com/thread/3928/type-scenery-model?page=1&scrollTo=66251 I know coniferous trees & forests are difficult for me and I'm looking to see how many other people have modeled them. If I'm going to change the area I model from SoCal / Los Angeles to Portland, I'm going to have to do good-looking conifers. I see one person said they are modeling surf. I'd like to know how they are doing it.
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Post by kentuckysouthernrwy on Aug 17, 2015 19:39:06 GMT -8
Last Saturday our NMRA Division went to Grand Rapids and toured several model layouts. The third one I visited was Ralph Moxley's Ann Arbor RR layout depicting the line from Cadillac, MI to Elberta, MI where the AA had ferry boat service across Lake Michigan. The following show some of his layout. He stated that he has 'thousands' of trees. He said the deciduous trees were all made with Scenic Express trees covered with copious amounts of Woodland Scenics ground foam held in place with cheap Aqua Net hair spray. He said he purchased the conifer trees ready to 'plant'. I believe he said they were made in Mexico, slightly pricey but very well done. I have used a dried plant called Candy Tuft for trees on my layout. Here are candy tuft trees supplanted with Woodland Scenics clumps on my old layout. www.ncmrc.org/joomla15/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=56%3Amaking-realistic-trees&catid=42%3Amodeling-tips-and-techniques&Itemid=55&limitstart=2
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