What is the Dead Season?
The period of autumn and winter when the landscape takes on a more subdued and barren, but still beautiful, appearance.
Why Model The Dead Season?
It’s a challenge that can produce striking and beautiful results.
How to Model The Dead Season
Observe, recalibrate, and build. Modeling The Dead Season requires a host of interesting techniques and products
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Latest Posts
The latest info from our authors about dead season modeling.
Ed Kapuscinski’s 2024 N Scale Enthusiast Clinic on Dead Season Modeling
The 2024 N Scale Enthusiast Convention needed clinicians, and I can’t help myself in front of an audience, so here’s a whole bunch of slides from the ensuing presentation.
Dead Season Grassy Areas
This is a very brief description of how I did the grassy area on my New NCR layout, extracted from my layout engineering thread on The Railwire.
Kathy Millatt video that talks about using an airbrush on scenery
Kathy Millatt is an incredibly talented modeler from the UK who, in this video, talks about how to get some scenery colors we might not otherwise have.
N Scale Dead Season Modeling Materials
I wanted to pull together a list of some of the material I use for my dead season modeling to help others find what they’ll need.
Mike Confalone’s Allagash Story eBooks
Do you want a good primer on how to model The Dead Season? Go read Mike’s books.
There is one tree, and it is dead, on the LIRR IS
Dead Season modeling. Although I would love to follow this path, my layout’s chosen setting is an industrial area, totally devoid of trees, save one. A dead one. The Long Island Railroad Industrial service, or LIRR IS for short, is a small 1950’s era short line dedicated to servicing local mob owned businesses on a […]
Ian MacMillan’s Dead Season Inspirations
A selection of photos that I’ve taken that inspire my enjoyment of The Dead Season.
Ed Kapuscinski’s Conrail Windsor St Yard in December 1985 Layout
My old Windsor St layout was focused on the area around York PA on Conrail’s (somewhat fictional) NCR Line. It was set in December of 1985 and was torn down in November of 2018. For more coverage of this layout, you can check out my site Conrail1285.com.
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What is the dead season?
“The dead season” refers to the period of autumn and winter when the landscape undergoes a significant change.
During this time, leaves fall from the trees, grass becomes dormant, and many plants appear lifeless or inactive. This transition occurs as temperatures drop and daylight hours shorten, leading to a decrease in photosynthesis and plant growth.
The dead season typically follows the vibrant colors of autumn and precedes the renewal of spring. It’s a time when nature seems to slow down, and the landscape takes on a more subdued and barren, but still beautiful, appearance.
What’s This Site About?
DeadSeasonModeling.net is here to share info about the best time of the year to model
This site was created by Ed Kapuscinski to share his passion for modeling The Dead Season with others and to provide a space for him and others to share their knowledge.
