http://www.bcsj.org/rr/timesaver/
I stumbled across a time saver layout that Charlie Comstock built. Check out the pond reflection in two of the pics. This goes back to a thread someone started last week about some folks looking down on 4x8 or smaller layouts.
Ya ain’t gonna get much better than this!
wonder what was used to model the water
If you E-mail him and ask I’m sure he’ll tell you. Jfugate probably knows.I guess he’s friends with the guy.
Wow, it doesn’t matter what the size of your MRR is, it’s the scenery that counts, if you ae that type. And this blows a lot of other larger model railroads out of the pond!
Matthew
The pond water could be Envirotex like I used here:
(click on photo to enlarge)
These are On30 models on my HO scale modules.
Bob Boudreau
That looks great Fundy! I like the flooded track effect.
I used a hardware store two-part epoxy for my river and lake. The trick is to keep the surface level, even, and sealed. Then, pour the mixture in one light zig-zaggy pour, use a throw-away bru***o spread it around, and keep cats and dust off it for two hours.
Later, add gloss medium and dab it with paper towels to get ripples and waves.
Yeah,that’s gotta be Enviro -Tex.That switching layout is a blast.I had one when I was a kid,in N-scale,it JUST fit on the bottom shelf of the headboard of my bed.{talk about a small railroad!!!LOL!!] At the time,I built my own “walk around” throttle for it,so I could run it while I was laying down,by taking the rheostat and direction switch out of an old MRC powerpack[actually,I guess it was pretty new then…] I built them into a plastic box,and put the rest of the pack under the layout.Everything was self contained,it even had lights so I could run it in the middle of the night with the lights out.Those layouts look GREAT!!!..I kinda like the flooded track,too.Nice effect…