Good tips! Thanks! Bill Winans ...The editor of Model Railroad Hobbyist had a free video several issues back where he showed how he made his HO-scale conifer trees. Near the end of the video he showed how he made the "forest" look more full by using something similar to Woodland Scenics poly fiber and squeezing it in between and behind the front trees, near the ground. It made quite a difference from the look of it. After I planted the trees on my layout, I used W.S. poly fiber and sprinkled it with dark foliage foam (using diluted white glue). I then applied that in a similar manner to what he showed in his video, and it really works! (I haven't taken any photos yet, but I will soon). It makes the forest look more dense. You can still see the individual tree trunks, but they are more obscured. I also used some very fine steel wool (you can get a bag of that a $1 store), spread it out like poly fiber, and (since it is black or dark gray already), I just shoved in the back behind some trees near the ground, to act as some loosely-defined bushes or low-growth. That worked as well.
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