George S posted:
George,
Looks good. I see you have a couple of Dept 56 winter birch trees on your layout. Trees / shrubbery are an important thing to remember to add, as they make the layout look better.
A friend convinced me to add trees to my layout and it looks much better now. My friend used a lot of pine trees on his layout, but I did not care for them as much. I ended up going with a lot of the Dept 56 autumn trees (birch, maple, and a few oaks), as I found that they looked better as one could see the trains through the trees.
Here are some shots without and with trees.
NWL