Winter Railroading

[Anonymous]

Hey there!
What is the best method of modeling snow and winter scenes?

[Anonymous]

I know that the best winter scenes I have seen (no pun intended) are on Gary Hoover's MK&Q, an HO scale freelance railroad. He talks about the technique he uses in the MR layout feature, which I think was most recently done in October 2000. The snow on his layout is the most realistic I've seen--it looks like there was an actual HO scale snowstorm on his layout! I also know he's doing some clinics for the 2001 NMRA show in St Louis (www.nmra.org).

[snowey]

check in "Building Realistic Model Railroad Scenery" by Dave Fary, from Kalmbach books (WWW.kalmbachbooks.com)or any of their books. However, I'm planning a layout, and am thinking of modeling a snow scene by painting white latex paint over plaster cloth, then covering it with fake "snow" from one of the manufactuers.

[tangerine-jack]

I am totaly biased on this one, but the best way to model snow is to build a garden railway and wait for winter........

[pcarrell]

I posed a similar question some time back and got some great answers. I've since changed the direction I was heading, but here is that thread for some great insights: http://cs.trains.com/forums/1384817/ShowPost.aspx

[pcarrell]

Bump!

(Due to troll attack)