Winter themed layout?

[mustanggt]

hey everybody[:D] I'm wondering if anyone has ever set their layout in the winter season, especially in a place like New England, Canada, or the Rockies. Also, how should snow be modeled? I've heard of using baking soda, talcum powder, or woodland scenic's snow, but which one is best for this?

[oleirish]

I had an mountain on one of my past layouts that I used spray snow ; like a person would use at XMAS time,and it looked real good.[8D][2c]
JIM

[Anonymous]

Many layouts with winter and snow areas have been published in magazines over the years. The most amazing scenes were done by Rand Hood in Model Railroader magazine in Jan and Feb 1996. Anyone who is planning a big snow area should read these.

Just go to the MR index of magazines link at the top of this page and search on the keywords winter or snow and you'll find a lot of articles, some about real railroads in the winter (like in Trains magazine) and a lot of modeling articles in MR, RMC, etc.

People use all kinds of stuff to make snow. I've used the Woodland Scenics ground foam snow for small areas and it looks fine. It might a bit expensive for a huge area. I've also sprinkled dry plaster over white latex paint and it looked like snow to me for background scenes.

Edit: Rand Hood's scenes are in the rockies

Jon

[nbrodar]

Rand Hood's articles in the Jan/Feb 1996 MR are the best resource.
December 2001 MR has an article about converting a summer layout to a winter layout.
And Dave Frary's Realistic Model Railroad Scenery has a section on modeling winter.

Nick

[rolleiman]

You can also go back to 1980 MR, I believe, and find the Winter Park article.. In photos, it looked quite nice..

Jeff

[Anonymous]

Maylayout that I am planning is set in the mountains of Montana & Idaho during december. Specifically the third week. So not only is it snowy and white, its also christmasy as well.

James