"Snow" Topic

How do you make puddles of snow? I am interested in making a few hard patches that can be place on the board but removed later.

Not sure what you mean by puddles.

I use woodland scenics snow. One cannister will do three 6x8 tables with ease. Just shake it off and scoop it back into the cannister when you are done with it. Works just fine.

mjc

I think you mean 'patches' of snow. I'd just make a clump of PVA and sand, then base paint it in whatever colour you are using as 'dirt', then some more PVA and then 'flock' it with one of the commercial 'snow' products – model railway types just use 'Bi-Carbonate of Soda' aka 'Carb-Soda' – usually found in the cleaning section of the supermarket (or the food additives section at a higher price – it keeps overcooked veggies green)

The Dec 2008 issue of Model Railroader magazine had an article about modeling late winter and in it the author showed how to use 1" thick white craft Styrofoam to model melting piles of snow. This is the very fine grained shiny white crunchy stuff that has a slight sparkle to it. You take a small chunk of it and cut it to the size and thickness you want, then crush it between your fingers to close up the porosity and "pack" it and round it off. Roughen up the edges and there you have it. Easy to position and move around also.

Rufus

Melting snow was what I was thinking of, thanks.
ALV

I have found that clear silicon looks good as water.

Thanks Soldat.