Just made the last pour on the river. Still looks milky, but that seems to go away after a couple days. For the most part I’m pretty pleased with it. I may add some water effects at a later date. I still have to finish the “headwaters” area of the stream, which I think I’ll do differently.
Anyway, Here are a few pictures of the almost river:
Had to throw in a picture of the 2055, also.
You are getting there! I see what you mean about the milkiness. I’m no water exert, but the river looks great. If you are happy with it, that is what matters. [tup]
Oh, nice 2055!
Jim
The river looks great!
Outstanding! It looks really nice to me. Thanks for sharing. I have a little pond and creek that will be in my layout and I found this discussion very helpful.
Regards,
John
I think some of the areas you see as milky may be my attempt at rapids. I’m thinking I’ll use a little Woodland Scenics Water Effects in those areas to represent rapids. It looks a little better in real life than in my pictures, but the pictures show the overall look. I wanted to make it look like the fisherman was aiming at the deepest part of the river, and feel I have made that work. I also didn’t want any fish in the river, to represent some of my fishing trips in Colorado!
I’m fairly happy with the “not quite the real thing” look of it. My layout is small, and there are a lot of rock outcropping that wouldn’t really happen in real life. If someone were to look at the whole layout, and study it for awhile, they would probably notice that only 4 rock molds were used, just bent, cut, flipped over, and sceniced over to represent something other than what it actually is. My yard goes nowhere, and isn’t functual to make up trains. It is there for displaying rolling stock and operating cars and accessories. The Lionel stations and switch tower aren’t scale, especially compared to the operating gateman. I’m just going for a “feel” of realism, without attempting to 100% duplicate it.
I have a dream of realism, but not the skills. I guess I’m following the original’s Lionel train of thought. almost the real thing, but not quite.
I knew the look you were going for right from the get go. It is the same look I tried to achieve with my kid’s layout. Artistic license is often used on TOY train layouts to imply a certain look. Small trees, blue water, over-sized, colorful accessories are all a traditional part of TOY train layouts. Realism is all well and good. But often looks odd in small scale. “Clear” water with a brown, rocky river bottom can easily be overlooked by spectators. In the end, the creator of the layout must find the look he/she is looking for a