![]() This will again give you a chance to troubleshoot any running issues before more intricate scenery has been applied. We recommend beginning the application of scenery material by ballasting your track. This is also the time to add any roads or additional surfaces or large structures to your layout. If you’re planning on adding actual rocks to these locations, applying a hint of matching color will help in blending the rocks to the landscape when the scene is complete. These should be your focus with this step. Consider which spots in your landscape will likely remain fully exposed, such as rock faces or cliff sides. Once your base earth color has dried, you can come back with any other tones you wish to use, again using modeling acrylics. If you’re using our landscaping method, you may need a couple of coats to fill the plaster holes. This should cover your entire layout, however since it’s a snow scene, it’s not a big issue if patches of white from the plaster are left exposed. Are they lighter and more sandy, or darker and more earthy? We’re going with a slightly reddish umber tone, similar to what you might find in central Colorado, and since our scene will be replicating a day or so after the snowfall, we want to go a little darker to convey a slightly wet appearance. Consider the color of the earth tones in the geographic region you’re replicating. Once your plaster or chosen material has dried, the next step is to paint your layout with an appropriate base color using a modeling acrylic. For the purposes of our scene, we used the traditional method of applying Woodland Scenics Plaster Cloth over a rough formation of paper, cardboard, and masking tape, mounted on a plywood base. There are many tried and tested ways to do this, and no way is necessarily better than another. Once you’ve decided on your plan, secured your roadbed and track, tested your layout, and added fixed infrastructure such as tunnel portals and retaining walls, you can use your preferred method to construct the topography of the landscape. ![]() For our scene, we wanted to replicate a moderately heavy, mountain snowfall after about 24 hours on the ground. From a light frost, to a heavy, fresh snowfall, the techniques required to replicate these diverse landscapes are as different as their appearance. Unlike other seasons, winter is unique in the variety of ways it can be replicated. ![]() Modeling any season can be a fun and exciting challenge, however there’s no challenge quite like a winter snow scene. ![]()
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