Ah, okay - just curious. I had used the Testors putty back in my airplane modeling days and found that while it worked well for model airplanes, once I tried using it for GW models, it was a bit fiddly to use due to the consistency. But I'm glad it's worked well for you - the trees look great with it.

Well I'm back at it. After putting together my hills tutorial I've got the itch to try out a new bit for my tree templates. I got the idea to use one magnet and a screw as my connections instead of two magnets to help make the trees a bit more wallet friendly from Wehrkind . I set out to find a suitable bit of hardware and found some +6x3/8" Flat Head Phillips Screws at The Home Depot. They are just long enough to dig through the tree bases and into the MDF board with a bit of help from the old power drill! Though I'm sure if you don't have a power drill they'll work just fine with a hand screwdriver if you put a little backside into it. Anyways, here are the preliminary results:





I plan to work the base in the same manner as the other two templates. The connection isn't as powerful as the two magnets is, but it's passable and maybe now, when I go to remove a tree the whole template won't move if I don't hold it down!

As an aside, the two tree template fits into many more spots than the three tree templates do. The smaller size makes it much more versatile.