Let it snow

[Anonymous]

I posted in the scenry part, but maybe help here too will help

Hi all,
I am seeking help on this project. I am using woodland scenics snow but what is the best way to apply this. I have tried three ways and all have failed leaving a mess. I first tried just putting it down , gettign it the way I want then misted with water/dishsoap then tried gluing down with 50/50 mix. Not sure if it was to much water but it did not look pretty.

2nd way was painting the sides white then laying the snow and then did the same as above with water and glue

3rd was buy putting down 50/50 glue first then applied the snwo and this really didnt work. Can anyone help me out on this.

I am going to have to paint the track nails as this did turn the snow yellow as the tops of the nails rusted.

[Anonymous]

That is the problem with that darn "White Stuff", give it a few hours in the prototype and it looks like hades. The yellow is very prototypical but not for rusty nails!
What about a small "test area" using a contact spray adhesive, and then mother nature another "dusting of snow". You may have to come up with the contours that you need and want before "snowing" on the scene. Good luck, hopefully some one has had experience with something that works rather than our trying to reinvent the light buld.
Will "North of Canada"

[Rene Luethi]

Large areas I cover with my white paint and glass sand method. I use woodland scenics snow only for covering smaller details like tree branches, shrubs, roofs windowsills and so on. For this work I paint acrylic matte medium with a small paintbrush on the object and sprinkle the snow with a teaspoon on it. When dry I remove the loose snow and apply an other layer. This process will be repeated until the desired amount of snow is reached. To speed things up I use a hairdryer at its lowest speed and heat setting.
Be patient
René.

[tatans]

Canadian eh? You get 11 months of winter and one month of poor sledding and now you want to recreate this on your layout??? good luck, I think you are running into a problem I have seen on this forum a few times before, snow scenes, for some reason seem to create a mass of problems in many areas as others have noted before, anything that works will be greatly appreciated and I would like to see some photos of winter layout scenes--good luck.

[jon grant]

I sprinkled it onto wet white acrylic paint






Jon