First off Mark Congrats on the new rescue dog - a real cutie.
Went ahead and tried my hand at making furnace filter trees. Maybe these are OK for HO scale, but the wider filters tend to sag - I'll have to play around with trimming them to not have the circular branches. I have a rear layout spot for them. Up close not very appealing to me, but as background trees not to bad.
This first is just the spray painted filters glued to some hobby sticks - about 12 inches tall
The second is the forest covered with Scenic Express leaves. I tried 3M spray adhesive and sprayed white glue 30/70 glue/water with detergent. First coat was better with the white glue, the filter material stuck together too much as a first covering with the 3M adhesive. I did prefer a light spray of it after the first leaf coat. I tried 4X hair spray to seal everything. Its really difficult not ending up with disk shapes. First time using my deep sockets in a long time - they worked really well for this application.
Lastly - GO ILLINI - Big Ten Champs and future 2021 NCAA Champs - well I can dream. : )
