Thinking about setting a scene in snow... Will be working in 1/35th... Any ideas for a good a good way to do snow?

Baking soda, it's a great long lasting snow.

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Davinator,
Welcome to the sight.
I like to use a new product from Woodland Scenics. Of course, its called snow. It comes in a huge bottle with a sifter on top. It can be found in the railroad stuff at the hobby shop. Give it a shot, you might like it.

Welcome to the best modeling site on the net. Snow is a perpetual topic around here. Search the forums for "snow" and you will get a ton of old thread about the topic. Personally, I use Alum that I got from my local pharmacy. Good luck.

Patrick

I have used micro balloons and baking powder with great success

Check out this link this stuff is new and looks good
http://smallshopeu.com/SNOW-COAT%20Page.htm

Mike

Here's an interesting technique I found while surfing

http://www.missing-lynx.com/articles/other/create_snow_cheehongahn.html

My favorite is using Sweet N'Low ...


John
www.johnneill.com

Ahhh... Sweet n Low for snow! I always wondered what those little packets on the table at restaurants were supposed to be used for!

Yes...

It is useless for sweetener... (in my NTH Opinion) and being an artificial chemical is doesn’t appear ( after 20 years of using it) to attract insects/ants or to yellow.

Little white glue (straight or diluted depending on the desired effect) and sprinkle away. to built up snow drifts I cut Styrofoam to shape and cover


John
www.johnneill.com

i use baking soda sprinkled over white glue
take a look to my gallery

As we have discussed earlier some sugar category products need care cause they tend to yellowish after some time and they tend to attract cokroaches from the first time !!!!
i d go with the dilluted white glue and soda mix. and then some sprinkle of soda powder for fresh snow

Has this been your experience with Sweet N' Low? I am curious. So far I have never had any discoloring or yellowing and have never had and ants, cockroaches or other insect "visiting".

Thanks for your input,

John
www.johnneill.com

Hi! I read somewhere that baking soda will turn yellow with time...is that true? I'm planning to do a snow dio one of these days, and I'm stocking up on ideas for making snow...
I have to model on the cheap (can't afford those expensive 'snow' products), so any more tips on using everyday household stuff is most appreciated!

Cheers
Alan

Hi!

In the latest Steel Masters (high quality french modelling magazine) there's an article about an awesome dio with snow (by Frédérik Astier).
The author did it this way : 'pour illustrer la neige, on applique une couche de vernis sur l'ensemble du décor, puis on saupoudre, avant séchage du vernis, du bicarbonate de soude acheté en pharmacie.'
In english :
1. cover the whole thing with a coat of varnish
2. before this dries, sprinkle 'bicarbonate de soude' (bought in the pharmacy) over it. My french ain't great, but I presume 'soude' means soda
3. Afterwards probably some retouches will be necessary, and don't forget the footprints!

According to the pictures, it works damn fine, it really is a fantastic dio.

Have fun!

Do you have a web site url?
Frans

When I made snow on my Tiger late version, I sprayed the tiger from above with transparent matt varnish and afterwards I strained baking powder over the whole model.
Its looks like it has snow constantly for over a night, while the vehicle is standing still, which was my idea for the Tiger scene!
I think its harder to aim the baking powder at just one point, but it works great on big surfaces such as landscapes and whole vehicle.
/Chopha

What about white marble dust? It's free at the marble cutters. And can't discolor.



Sealhead

Davinator,

One of the guys suggested using Woodland Scenics snow. If you would like to see what it looks like check out my Type74 in my gallery. I found it very easy to use and looks great.