Hoboken Manufacturers Railroad Micro-Layout

[delamaize]

Well, if that is the sense you are getting, then I can claim success. That is exactly the type of snow I was after--whichever of the 23 that may be. I had thought about a blue tint, but I am a little leery of monkeying around much more with what I have; I fear losing the effect I've finally achieved.

Yeah, don't touch it. It's awesome like it is. You captured the look that's for sure.

[DKS]

A subtle little detail for people to discover...



(and no, it's not the dime...)

[packers#1]

There goes DKS with his huge dime; what is the diameter, like a foot?     
Seriously though, that is just epic DKS; having survived the snowpocalypse in the South this past winter, I can say you have defi itely got the look of snowdrifts and few days old snow

[M.C. Fujiwara]

Nice effect with the icicles!

Hmm... if you use a toothpick with thinned yellow paint you could sign your name 

[peteski]

Nice effect with the icicles!

Hmm... if you use a toothpick with thinned yellow paint you could sign your name 

Make sure to use translucent yellow paint. Opaque yellow will not look realistic.     For another idea, how about some N scale steaming "Snicker bars" partially melted into snow?   

[wcfn100]

This this is DKS, I expect smoke from the chimneys, exhaust from the cars and steam from the sewers. 

Jason

[Ian MacMillan]

Better?

Much better. Makes sense now.

[Jeff AKA St0rm]

Make sure to use translucent yellow paint. Opaque yellow will not look realistic.     For another idea, how about some N scale steaming "Snicker bars" partially melted into snow?   

Tamiya makes a nice signal yellow that would work great. 

[DKS]

Hmm... if you use a toothpick with thinned yellow paint you could sign your name 

Make sure to use translucent yellow paint. Opaque yellow will not look realistic.     For another idea, how about some N scale steaming "Snicker bars" partially melted into snow?   

Tamiya makes a nice signal yellow that would work great. 

Thank you for all of the suggestions. But in all honesty, this is not the brand of humor I'm inclined to employ. Truthfully, this is much more my style--

...I expect smoke from the chimneys, exhaust from the cars and steam from the sewers.

Just sayin'.

[mcjaco]

^ What?  No N Trak visual effects?   

[davefoxx]

Thank you for all of the suggestions. But in all honesty, this is not the brand of humor I'm inclined to employ. Truthfully, this is much more my style--

Just sayin'.

I'm glad to hear this.  Besides, N scale "pee" would probably be invisible if scaled properly?

DFF

[VonRyan]

This this is DKS, I expect smoke from the chimneys, exhaust from the cars and steam from the sewers. 

Jason

I'd love to see exhaust from the cars!
I myself am more inclined for them to be idling, and for any people to be in 'resting' positions.
I find that departing from the "frozen in time" look can really pull the whole thing together as a slice of a miniature world, like at any moment one of those cars could drive away, or the man leaning on his snow-shovel could at any minute resume his arduous task.

-Cody F.

[Sokramiketes]

For a small layout like this, one small fog generator could pump the effect to different locations on the layout... small tubes for car exhaust, larger ones for smoke stacks.

[peteski]

I'm glad to hear this.  Besides, N scale "pee" would probably be invisible if scaled properly?

DFF

You have a point: DKS would not go for out-of-scale details. 

[Baronjutter]

Glad you're keeping your layout classy.