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I have a little more progress to report on the layout build...

First, I've decided to go full Griswold and put in a pool!   Rather than a faux pool, I decided to re-work the Plasticville pool to add actual depth.   So far here's what happened:

 

I started with this... which isn't bad, but also isn't convincing & doesn't allow me to put anything "underwater"

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I cut a hole the size of the pool in the table to the full depth of the foam, and lined it will tile-print paper.   Here's the test fit with regular paper to make the pattern:

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After test fitting with regular paper, I re-did it with gloss sticker paper to give it a little sheen.   I also added the bottoms of the ladders, plus an LED (with some blue paint over the bulb) for light and color.  You can see behind the pool that this LED is powered by a "buried cable":

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Piece of rippled plastic for the water's surface:

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..and done!

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