David shares two options for modeling rivers on the State Line Route. He demonstrates how to make a muddy river using two-part resin and tints, and a clear river using one-part resin. Lastly, he adds waves, ripples, and other details to complete the water scene.
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Another question – maybe I was not paying attention but how do you seal the edge of the scenery material at the river’s bank to prevent leakage under it from the poured river resin? Is the paint sufficient for this seal or do you use use some kind of sealant or caulking first?
Nice segment David. I’ve used EnviroTex resin on the river/waterfall, pond, and two bays I have on my layout. I’m adding another river water feature on the layout addition and I’m looking forward to trying the Woodland Scenics Realistic water for that portion.
You never mentioned in the video how to best “clean up” the resin creep at the edge of the water features. Care to share?
Thanks Marc: Will take a look.
Nice water scenes. Planning on at least a creek running or some small rivulets coming over a ledge through a portion of mine. How do you avoid the bubbles that form from stirring? I have heard blowing on it lightly with a straw of using a hair dryer on cool setting from a distance helps to alleviate that problem.
I also liked that you made an executive decision on the river flow – “it’s going this way!”
How did you repair the white glue leakage – you never really came back to show us the repair?
@Leonard check out some of the Canadian Canyons project layout videos. There are a couple of water scenes that might be closer to the colors you’re interested in.
A tip regarding Woodland Scenics’ Realistic Water: Do NOT use it on a drop leaf! I had a similar shallow river pour and let it cure for several days and it looked great. But as the years went by, I discovered that the resin never 100% cures. Now the “downhill” side (when the drop leaf is open) has a noticeable “wave” crashing onto the shore! Oddly, it hasn’t gone over the sides where I had temporary dams. One other caution: do not shake the bottle to stir it, or you will get air bubbles in your pour. Don’t ask me how I know this.
Hey David: Has your staff done or is there any tutorial about doing a river or small lake in bluish/green tints for the color of water? Not a big fan of the muddy Mississippi look.
How do you know (or more likely guess) how much resin you need to pour for the surface you have?
Great segment David on adding streams and rivers to a layout. I particularly liked the rocky bottom technique on the stream, I’ll use that one on my layout. Two comments….canoes have paddles, not oars 🙂 and a large rock or two in the river for the canoeists to dodge would have given more reason for ripples. Thanks for the lessons.