Here’s and update on my mill project.
Today I worked on the cut stone dam:
The stream below the dam will be stone rip-rap and the like.
And painting the mill pond itself:
Nick
Oh, yeah! I love the stonework. It fits very nicely with the arch bridge over the mill pond. Is this going to be an active mill, or an old water-driven mill that’s been converted to something else?
Looking good!! Keep us posted…
Jeff
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Did you make the stone for the dam and the mill foundation, or did you get it from somewhere? It looks pretty good, and I’ve got a lot of structures planned that need to sit on stone foundations.
Are you planning a waterfall over the dam’s spillway?
The dam is Woodland Scenics N scale Cut Stone Retaining walls. The mill’s stone foundation came with the Life Like kits I used. I am planning a waterfall over the spillway.
I plan on using the mill as a centerpiece for a park. So wether it’s an active mill or not is still up in the air. Here’s the site before I started the scenery:
Nick
Thanks for the information on the stone, that will come in handy.
Do you have a plan yet for forming the arc of falling water? Looking ahead to similar jobs here and so far, painted plaster is all I’ve come up with.
I got a very nice stone wall mold from Dave Frary at http://www.mrscenery.com that I’ve made a lot of hydrocal castings of. The basic mold is about 3 inches by 8 inches. I’ve got the “cut stone wall” mold, which has relatively even horizontal “mortar lines”. I’ve found that I can cut or score along those lines and get short “walls” 2 or 3 stones high.
You’re welcome. For the falling water, I am going to try a piece of clear styrene, with some white streaks dryburshed on and then covered with clear caulk.
Nick
Nick - that’s a picture I’d like to see when it’s done. I’m getting a Branchline model Weimer’s Mill (an old gristmill) for Christmas (shhhh, don’t tell me! It’s a surprise.) so I’m very interested in techniques for getting the “water over the dam” effect.