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Ok,snow,here we go!John Allens technique for making permenant snow which was used on his Gorre and Dephited railroad.Get the whitest finest grained molding plaster.Spray on a fine mist of water over the entire scene,then sprinkle the plaster over everything through a fine strainer.Where more snow is needed apply more water mist and more molding plaster,a tablespoon at a time,until it looks right.The only tools needed are a fine strainer,a tablespoon,a small paint bru***o move any misplaced snow,and a shop vacuum to clean up any excess plaster that had`nt stuck.The area beside the track is handled a little differently,mist on water and apply dry plaster to cover the ties to a level slightly below the top of the rail.With a small ruler smooth the areas between the rails and directly beside the track to look as a flanger or a locomotive plow had shoved it to the side.This will make small continuous snowbanks alongside the track.Several passes of water mist holds everything in place.Clean out the flangeways with a knife and several old pairs of old AHM wheel sets with oversized flanges and wipe up the excess plaster with paper towels.If you want shadows as seen in real snowscapes,dilute black dye with water and spray it onto the areas where you want shadows.The diluted black dye won`t change the appearance immediatly.With repeated applications,the depth will slowly appear.It will still look like snow and not dirty snow,but will have realistic shadows.As with other parts of your scenery,you need to occasionaly clean up dust with a shop vacuum with a nylon stocking over the nozzle.For spot touch-up just use water mist and strained white molding plaster.If bad spots occure just chip away plaster with a modeling knife and make it snow again.
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