@Hugo posted:That's a fantastic Christmas display, Jake. I'm sure it will be missed this year.
The LED lighting under the snow blanket is an awesome effect. What material is the snow blanket made from?
Thanks! I'll certainly be missing it myself, although a year of not having the stress of trying to get it all done in time will be nice too.
I originally used the store-bought Christmas village blankets but switched to large rolls of quilt batting acquired on Amazon a couple years ago since my layout platform is rather large. I never did a price comparison so I'm not sure it was more economical, but I can cover the entire main platform in two strips of batting running the full length instead of piecing it all together which doesn't look so great in the end. I use a thicker coarse batting on the bottom layer to mask the table and light strings and a finer thin layer as the "finish coat" on top. I'm sure there was some sort of designation for how the types of batting were categorized, but I can't recall what types they were offhand. A couple years ago we purchased enough masonite sheets to cover the entire platform (made up of black painted stage platforms used for other purposes) and then painted those sheets white to give the snow a better backdrop than the plain black tabletop.