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 Posted - March 17 2012 : 9:21:32 PM
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Hi! Anyone have tips on how to create handmade snow for an HO layout?
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Posted - March 19 2012 : 01:38:47 AM
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baking soda and flour...
do not add water.
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Posted - March 19 2012 : 11:53:01 AM
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Baking soda is a great TEMPORARY snow, it attacks the chrome on car models though...
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Posted - March 19 2012 : 5:57:02 PM
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I've tried the baking soda method too. It's very hard to stick down permanently though. A misting of glue/water will give it a little bit of hold. Here's a little scene I made a couple of years ago:
http://tycoforums.com/tyco/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=7942
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Posted - March 19 2012 : 8:33:31 PM
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Marble dust. #252 by Builders in scale as seen in the Jan 2012 MRC magazine.
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Posted - March 20 2012 : 8:34:33 PM
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Wow! You folks have some great advice...thanks! All the photos look so good. So, baking soda and flour I believe I can get when my wife's not looking, but the marble dust might be a bit more of a challenge.  I think I'll take a poke at a winter scene, maybe this weekend.
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Posted - March 22 2012 : 7:47:37 PM
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SG, who made that rotary? Is it brass?
Cheez, your snow pics still blow me away. I like how you made it look like the snow has blown off the ballast on one side.
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Posted - March 23 2012 : 05:10:47 AM
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Thanks NP  That was actually a dirt path running alongside the tracks. I left the "snow" thin there on purpose so it would show through. I was quite happy how it turned out 
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Posted - November 14 2020 : 7:32:20 PM
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quote:
Some hints for your snow layout Jeff.
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Posted - November 14 2020 : 8:36:20 PM
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Great thread, thanks for the reboot, WKS. BTW, I read that flour
attracts insect life and baking soda turns yellow over time.
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Posted - January 03 2021 : 10:09:22 PM
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| does the glue and water work for flour?
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Posted - January 03 2021 : 10:49:24 PM
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Eventually, flour, or corn starch, any edible, will attract insects.
Woodland Scenics makes a snow, setting down a wet base of
glue and water works to a degree, found that I had to apply
layers of spray adhesive to hold it down. Still very fragile, but
it's there.
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