What makes the best snow?

Modeling Subjects Dioramas
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Hi guys!

I’m working on an F4U Corsair that I’d like to show on a carrier deck covered with snow. I was inspired by a photograph of this very scene in one of my reference books. My question is: what in your opinion makes for the best representation of snow in a 1/48 scale diorama?

Thanks!

Eric

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Tough one. I’d have to go withbaking soda, but some people don’t like it for various reasons. Try experimenting on something first. Hope it helps.

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The best stuff I’ve found is called Snow Coat.

Here is a review and a small SBS ----> Snow Coat

Available at —>Great Models

Rick

4

Don’t use bakingsoda… it yellows after some time and attracts bugs.

5

I agree.

Jim

6

Flour yellows and attracts bugs… Not baking soda…

Doog will flip out if you use baking soda, but I never had any problems with it…

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Baking soda and PVA makes some good snow, but on a carrier deck it’s probably going to be too thin for this techinique to work except in a few spots. I dunno if it really eventually turns yellow or not.

I’ve used microballoons in the past. They’re supposed to be for filler with CA, but they work great as snow, (And painted as sand) too.

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look in the model railroad section and see if you can find Woodland Scenics products. They have a specific product called snow. It is very very fine

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Thanks for all the great tips, guys! There’s a model train shop on my way home from work. Looks like I’ll have to pay them a visit and check out the line of Woodland products. The two guys who own the place have helped me a great deal in the past but I still give them a hard time about how building model airplanes is the greatest hobby in the world.

Eric

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Personally I like to use the Woodland Scenics Snow mixed with Future Floor wax. Different mixtures give you different effects. A thinner mix makes great slush and ice, while a thicker mix will give you a fairly powdery look. If you’re going for a fresh flat blanket of snow this prolly isn’t what you want to use but if you want slush that’s had planes rolling around in it then I think it might work well.

Here is a sample of it.