This article shows how to
create forests and woods on your model railway. If you
feel you can add to this article, contact me
here.
Firstly, you must
apply scatter to the area where you want
your forest to be. If you need guidance on
this, please see
this article. Then once your area has
been prepared, you must give the area a
perimeter of cork bark. Make sure that the
bark covers the outskirts of the area as the
below picture shows. Once you have mapped
out where the bark will go, sick it on the
scatter using PVA Glue. Do not worry about
the middle, that is where the trees will go.
Once the cork has dried, mix some mud
coloured scatter together, and lightly
sprinkle it on top of the cork. If you wish
to sick this down as your layout will be
moved, then create a 50/50 mixture of PVA
glue and water, and use an eye dropper to
apply it.
Then you are
ready to put the trees in place. When you
are doing this, try to place smaller trees
on the outskirts of the area, and larger
ones further in so that the wood looks more
realistic. If you are using trees with
bases, you might want to adjust the bases so
that they fit into the bark. If they are
just poles however than you can just drill
through the bark so that they will slot
straight in.
After you
have "planted" the trees, you are ready
to add the lichen. This should be laid
underneath and in-between the trees so
that it looks like ground cover and
bushes. The below picture shows the
effectiveness of lichen.
