Trees. I need lots of them so I’ve tried a variety of methods. I started with the plastic armature kit from Woodland Scenics and it didn’t come out too bad but a bit expensive Next I went with a dried actual plant and added foliage. This is a similar method to Luke Towan’s approach (his modelling is great). I couldn’t find the same base plant he uses so I just picked things on a bush walk that looked like that could do the trick. Then I glued on the the foliage with tacky glue Simples

So a key part of the layout is the cutting going into the tunnel. I had several goes at this and still not sure I’m there yet. Step one was to create the overall landscape shape which I used various foam boards from Bunnings and a sharp blade to shape with. I did try to use the hot wire cutter but it proved to be a little slow (as well as giving off nasty fumes) I covered it all with paper towels (cheap packs from Officeworks) soaked in watered down PVA. Once dry I then applied Amaco Sculptamold which was painted with brown and green poster paints. Finally I applied…