Waterfalls and river

Lots of you tube videos.  Here’s one to get you started.

https://youtu.be/_ovNbnjRUNQ.  My minimal experience is with ice falls.  I think the layering principles are the same however. For the large falls, I used clear acrylic latex caulk because of the price.  WS water effects is expensive for a large area.

Woodland Scenics makes a kit just for that purpose.

Just do a Google search for “woodland scenics waterfall” for info and dealers.

I used Magic Water for the lake/river and WS Water Effects for the waterfall and liked them both.

Clear silicon works for me....

-Pete

One standard way of doing waterfalls of all kinds is as follows:

• Paint the watercourse pure white
• Lay strips of LTV sealant on a piece of glass
• Peel up the strips and attach them over the white paint
• Add tiny wisps of medical cotton to simulate spray

 At the bottom, you can paint waves onto the pool surface using Mod Podge.

Thanks for the ideas. I'll see what I can do. Just hope mine is 1/2 as good as whats in your pictures above.

Here are some of the products I used.  Everyone has their favorites, you’ll find yours too.  Always remember you can tear out and start over if you don’t like how it turned out.  Used liquid acrylic and WS realistic water for pond and ice melt area.  Mod Podge is pretty thick so you can add texture(wind ripple, etc.) to smooth water pour, after curing.  All the stuff dries clear for the most part.  Always give yourself plenty of drying time.  The ice fall took weeks to cure; liquids, days, depending on how thick you pour.  Have fun most of all.  

There is a Swedish ON30 modeler who is a master modeler and a world class artist.  His name is Troels Kirk.  If you are on Facebook just type in his railroad name Coast Line RR page.  Check out his scenes and pix on his water technique's.  They are pretty convincing.  Russ

After the first pour. Enviro Tex Lite.

ChiloquinRuss posted:

There is a Swedish ON30 modeler who is a master modeler and a world class artist.  His name is Troels Kirk.  If you are on Facebook just type in his railroad name Coast Line RR page.  Check out his scenes and pix on his water technique's.  They are pretty convincing.  Russ

Pure artistry. Amazing!

Found the link I was looking for, Troels has a video on his water technique.  Enjoy.  Russ

Troel water video

A dam's flow will vary, so it depends on height & flow. The waterfall technique will work great unless you want a big flow from a low dam. That would look more like a thick stream curved over the dam's top gate; solid flow, not much air (clear vs white(air)).

  As noted, most "water" takes a long time to cure. Bending a sheet (set on plastic wrap, foil or whatever) before full cure should be possible as long as the "water" used doesn't cure with a hardshell or become crystalline while setting.  I'd set the flow piece before the pool too, and try to leave a small dip at the flows edge. Dip? From the undercurrent of the flow; the flow pulling pool water down with it as the flow descends under the pool surface. If shallow at the low side of the dam, there may be a "lump" of water boardering the dip too.

Thank's for getting me dreaming  about one of my favorite spots on earth

I seem to remember an article in OGR or CTT where clear caulk was used on wax paper or maybe plastic wrap and then hung for a waterfall.

ChiloquinRuss posted:

Found the link I was looking for, Troels has a video on his water technique.  Enjoy.  Russ

Troel water video

Thanks for this video link.  I lost it awhile back. His work is exquisite.  Lifelike in the extreme.  

coach joe posted:

I seem to remember an article in OGR or CTT where clear caulk was used on wax paper or maybe plastic wrap and then hung for a waterfall.

That's very much like the WS water effects technique of spreading the material on a non-stick surface (don't use the boss' best frying pan) and then creating "strands" or "striations" in the water using a toothpick and then touching up with white acrylic paint.

After it dries, you just peel it off and stick it where you want using more caulk or water effects material as an adhesive.

Also, WS has some very informative free videos on their website on how to create lakes, streams, waterfalls, etc.

Here is a pretty simple technique that has worked well for me

just started the redo of my lake and waterfalls

the last photo shows my recently 3D printed water bridge and supports.

I use multiple layers of Modge Podge over aluminum foil; this is the FIRST layer.