Does anyone know how to model a side of the road snowbank?

Mike'

Should have posted this on the scenic forum pages,

Just get a piece for pink foam paint it white and then sprinkle on the snow ground cover which can be purchased for Scenic Exprexx

I have used chunks of Plaster of Paris to replicate snow banks.  Get a small board or a piece of cardboard with some wax paper on top.  Take some mixed Plaster of Paris on a spoon (as much as you want) and just let it drop down on the wax paper, making a mound.  Do this several times to get the mound you like.  After it dries, you can do one of two things: let it alone because it is already white or paint it with a type of white paint that has some glitter in it (this can be acquired at a craft store).  When the lighting falls on the snow bank, you will notice the sparkle just like fresh driven snow.  The wax paper will keep the plaster from adhering to the cardboard and you will have a flat bottom for your snow bank when placing it on your platform. 

I might add that I have used foam to make boulders (not snow banks) and then painted them.  The problem is that I had to glue them down because, unlike Plaster of Paris, there was no weight to them, being made from foam.  If you do decide to use foam, make sure it has a flat bottom.  If your train goes by and it's not glued down, you might experience a flying snow bank.

I once had a Winter layout in HO, used Plaster of Paris for plowed snow, and thought it looked great.

you might use clay, form it the way you want and texture it with sugar or what have you. this way you wont have a little gap between the bank and the layout as you would with dry plaster----Mark

For smaller snowbanks, I just used some caulking. I also used some caulking on roads, and then scraped it off to make it look plowed. sprinkle on a little bit of scenic snow while still wet to give it texture. For bigger piles, (see behind the house on the right side) expanding foam works too.

Tim