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Winter Scenes On A Model Railroad
Leon asks readers:
“Hi, would anyone have pictures, tips, ideas for winter scenes in model railroading? I’m in S scale but the scale is not important here.”
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Leon, tree armatures for a winter scene, which don’t have leaves on them, can be obtained from most manufacturers.But be sure that, big or small, the tree fits the scale you work in. As far as snow goes, Woodland Scenics makes fake snow that goes on like ballast and is easy to handle. Beware of snow sheets though. They look great around a Christmas Tree, but the wheels of the locomotive act like a magnet and can easily wrap the snowsheet around the axles. Then the real “fun” begins.
There are two ways to model a winter scene. One is to observe the scene outside, even take pictures of it, then model that scene on your layout. But it is tough to duplicate nature, and it’s easy to get discouraged. The other method is to build a creative scene on your layout without a prototype, let it set for a few days, then come back and make changes as needed.
Thanks John for your comments.
Frankly, although we have plenty of winter around here after which I could model, I would like to see actual photos of winter layouts.
Maybe someone has ?
I used a product for doing your windows at Christmas time its called Santa Snow. Its fairly cheap and when sprayed onto my mountain chalets turned it from summer to winter. Only problem I found was that like Winter comes each year, so you will have to re-snow.