My goal was not spooky trees, but rather to have plenty of economical trees on my layout, and the more, the better.
The photo below shows some store bought trees from my LHS in the foreground and middle, and some large homemade trees in the background. The homemade ones consist of branches found on my almost daily long walks in a State park near where I live (I look for symmetrical ones), green mesh and flocking affixed to the mesh with spray glue. The green mesh, flocking and spray glue are either Woodlands Senics ar Scenic Express products:
Later, I will try to post some close-up shots of my homemade trees.
I enjoyed making the homemade trees.
For spooky ones for a Halloween themed layout (I think that's a great idea) can be made at no cost simply by looking for real tree branches, perhaps shaping or clipping them, drilling holes the correct size in your train board, and inserting the branches into the holes. No need for any mesh or flocking to make spooky trees.
Arnold
