This next one is one of my favorites. This past fall, I was walking in a State Park near my house, and I noticed that the tops of very tall grass had the potential to be O Gauge trees. Most are not so symmetrical because they bend towards the sun, but some are symetrical. I broke off the tops of a few symmetrical ones, took them home, lightly spray glued them and sprinkled on green blend or fine turf:
I like having a little variety of different shades of green, which works on my layout because the best scenic feature of my layout is my Yankee Stadium, with the baseball figures playing a game. So my seasons are limited to Spring or Summer or early Fall.
Now, if you want to go for glory, then be like Patrick and model in Autumn colors. Or, like Phil Klopp did at his Pennesy Horseshoe Curve vignette in the Fall.
Speaking of vignettes, if you have enough layout space, you can model in Spring/Summer, Fall and Winter colors.
Arnold
