doctorwayneSome years ago, the was an advertiser in MR, known as Olfactory Airs,
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I had a bottle of the coal smoke, and it was very impressive. My only exposure to coal smoke was at Florida Live Steamer events, but it was spot on accurate.
For cow patties... get a thick brown craft paint in a tube. Put a spot on the layout, roughen it up a bit with a damp sculpting tool, and let it dry. That is how I have made cow patties on military displays. It works out quite well.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Sorry, I can't shake the mental image of an HO horse standing in a field, and an animation unit would have little road apples falling from his butt.
MAybe not in N scale, but I also see a cow pie with a footprint in it, and a figure standing nearby with his leg bent, and looking at the bottom of his shoe.
Woodland Scenics? Why am I not surprised.
cowman In pens as crowded as they are at a slaughter house, a cow patty wouldn't stay in its original form long. Those pens become mixed rapidly. I presume there is some regulation on cleanliness, but even a freshly bedded pen, the cows walking around would quickly mix the patties and the bedding. I think for a pen, I'd use a fine ground foam of sawdust color and dab a few spots with a darker color, brown or greenish black. Since the cows are usually on the move, they seldom drop a complete patty, it's usually spread as they walk. Good luck, Richard
In pens as crowded as they are at a slaughter house, a cow patty wouldn't stay in its original form long. Those pens become mixed rapidly. I presume there is some regulation on cleanliness, but even a freshly bedded pen, the cows walking around would quickly mix the patties and the bedding. I think for a pen, I'd use a fine ground foam of sawdust color and dab a few spots with a darker color, brown or greenish black. Since the cows are usually on the move, they seldom drop a complete patty, it's usually spread as they walk.
Good luck,
Richard