STUART JORDAN looks at different snow effect products to add a touch of winter to your layout.
It’s getting to that time of year when (in the Northern Hemisphere at least) the winter nights draw in and the snow begins to fall - if you believe what you see on Christmas cards!
Southern Class 313 at Ford level crossing (just outside Gaugemaster HQ) back in January 2013.
If you want to emulate the sight of treetops glistening then we have a variety of products to add snow effects to your layout.
Deluxe Materials produce three different snow products; Scenic Snowflakes, Scenic Shovelled Snow and a Scenic Snow Set.
The Scenic Snowflakes come in a shaker and can be applied to give anything from a light frost to a heavy covering.
The Shovelled Snow is specially made to act like large piles of snow and big drifts. If you mix it with Scatter Grip you can mould it into snowballs and snowmen! Don’t forget the GM112 Coal for his eyes and buttons....
The DLBD-29 Scenic Snow Kit gives you the DLBD-25 Scenic Snowflakes, as pictured above, as well as Scenic Bond (similar to Scatter Grip) and Icy Sparkles. The Icy Sparkles can be added to the snowflakes to give them that extra twinkle.
Noch also product a selection of snowy products...
The N08752 Snow Paste can be used to mould drifts or snowmen, and, if diluted with water, it can be applied to the branches of trees.
The N08754 Ice Crystals can be used to mould drifts or snowmen, and, if diluted with water, it can be applied to the branches of trees.
The N08756 Icicles gel is applied using the bottle and drawn down into icicle shapes. Like the Ice Crystals these dry clear and hard in 2-3 hours.
The N08760 Snowflakes are 1mm snow fibres which can be applied with a Gras-Master or a Puffer Bottle onto N61138 Snow Glue.
Noch also produce two starter sets, N08758 Winter Set which contains Icicles, Ice Crystals and Snow Paste, and the N07065 Snowflake Set which contains a puffer bottle, Snowflakes, and Snow Glue.
Noch also produce coniferous trees with snow on them in various sizes.
Various different companies produce winter figures, snow figures, and Christmas figures in a variety of scales to add more detail to your winter scenes.
Our customer Mr M. Symcox has put together this logging scene using some of the products featured above.
With these ideas you should be well on your way to turning your layout into a Winter Wonderland!
Travelling to work by train every day, Stuart is well aware of the 'effect' snow can have on the British rail network...