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Posted by Jim Duda on Monday, February 28, 2005 7:50 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by siberianmo

I use Woodland Scenics soft flake snow (785-140). It comes in a 32 oz. plastic shaker and I've used over a dozen on my layout. Works well for me ........

Good luck.


I also like the Woodland Scenics sprinkle on snow...

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, February 28, 2005 7:46 PM
Table salt works good, the only drawback it causes rust on the vehicles. Kind regards Steve
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, February 28, 2005 7:19 PM
Send me $5.99 and I'LL give you all you want
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Posted by tjsprague on Monday, February 28, 2005 6:32 PM
For my Christmas layout I put some Woodland scenics snow over the wet latex paint.
But another thing to consider is what snow looks like after it gets plowed and pushed around. For roads, I painted them dark dray, then put caulking compound all over them. Then I took a paint scraper and scraped off much of it, leaving streaks and lines in the traffic pattern. I then put beads of the caulking on the sides of the rode for plow piles. I sprinkled more snow on the caulk before it dried too.



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Posted by underworld on Monday, February 28, 2005 6:26 PM
I like the Noch 61164 Snow Crystals. I think Faller makes a version too but I don't know the catalog number for those.
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Posted by FJ and G on Monday, February 28, 2005 10:45 AM
I found good results with drywall mud for hard snow; not the fluffy stuff. Add black if you're doing really old city snow. Haven't ever seen anyone do that, unfortunately[B)]
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Posted by siberianmo on Monday, February 28, 2005 10:14 AM
I use Woodland Scenics soft flake snow (785-140). It comes in a 32 oz. plastic shaker and I've used over a dozen on my layout. Works well for me ........

Good luck.
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Posted by cnw1995 on Monday, February 28, 2005 8:47 AM
There are some interesting products you can find around Christmas time - ranging from balls of cotton to huge rolls of white cloth.

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Posted by laz 57 on Sunday, February 27, 2005 9:04 PM
You can come to MILLERSBURG or any where north of the MD LINE tomorrow 2-28-05 and get all you want[;)].
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Posted by spankybird on Sunday, February 27, 2005 7:42 PM
Woodland Scenics makes Snow Soft Flakes.

Paint the wood (or what ever) white, and when the paint is wet add the snow. Spray with white glue and and as needed

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Posted by Frank53 on Sunday, February 27, 2005 5:53 PM
IVory snow laundry detergant seems like it would work nicely.
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Snow for Layout
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 27, 2005 5:44 PM
What do you use for snow on your layout? I need some ideas. [:D]

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