I needed a quick way to make many trees quickly as I have parallel tracks which make up my main line run and these tracks are supposed to be miles apart. Now, I could use 3mm MDF or ply and divide the scene with a blue background, however too many of these partitions seems to ruin the look and feel so I set about thinking of a way to build many trees more as a scenic divider than anything else.
Anyway, the concept I came up with involves a 3mm drill bit and some wire. Simply drill a number of holes into some ply and then cut some stiff wire to different heights. Then add some of this material - the name escapes me - but I found it in a fabric sofa between the lining of the cushion and the covering. Unfortunately I thought I'd taken a photo of this material but didn't.
The material is white, so grab some paint, either black or brown and apply the paint. Then apply leaves when still wet. After the leaves are sprinkled on, I simple spray some 3M Super 77 glue. Within an hour I had a bunch of trees which produce a pretty good scenic divider.
Some photos to show the steps.
