FCSME Member: Bill Carl
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Basic Scenery - Bushes
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I like to use a hot glue gun to get the initial bushes (clump foliage) in place.  There are two drawbacks to the hot glue gun: first, if you aren't EXTREMELY careful you will burn your fingers a lot; second, it tends to leave lots of angel hair behind.  I have learned to be careful so I don't burn myself that often.  The angel hair problem just requires patience to remove it.... and just when you thought you had it all, there are some more strands you missed.  I come back with Elmer's glue to fill any voids and cover any places where the shiny hot glue may be showing.  I suppose you could use Elmer's for the entire process.  Please note that the masking tape has been removed from the rails.  I did this because I couldn't wait to test run a new locomotive.  I should have put masking tape back down before continuing.
Carefully place a little hot glue on the back of the clump of foliage...
...and place it where
you want it to go.
Not too bad but I want to have more bushes / shrubbery.
Sometimes I would fill in a crevice with hot glue...
...and place a bush on top of the glue.
Most of the bushes have
been planted.
A little rock outcropping with bushes growing around it.  You can see the different shades of foliage that I used.  The last thing I do is lightly sprinkle the bushes with Burnt Grass to help blend them together.
I don't believe in totally open fields so here I have glued some smaller shrubs in the field.  Also, don't forget to put bushes at the base of forests at odd intervals.