Rob, Great article!  I know

Rob,

Great article!  I know you've been a big help to me in learning about modeling water and I look forward to trying more of these things on a future layout!

Kudos'!  Jim

I agree

I just skimmed through the article, but I have made a note in my layout folder so I can go back to it when I get set to actually make the Credit River "flow" on my layout.

Unfortunately, I am still at the wiring turnouts stage.

Great article Rob. Very well

Great article Rob. Very well done and as close to a universal application as there is likely to be. Nice step by step and the interactive photos are fantastic!

Rob

I always look forward to your comments on the MRH forum. This article was excellently done and very easy to follow. Gave it a 5. Thank you.

Tom

Thanks Everybody

Glad the article could be helpful.

Rob

Nice article, 5 stars. Not only was the article informative, it was easy to follow and all the materials you used are items we normally use. Thanks for sharing your ideas and techniques.

Terry

Excellent article

Five stars all the way.  I would like to give it more than 5 stars, but 5 is all I can give it.

Awesome

i really enjoyed this and intend to "steal" your idea. I never would have thought to use Modge Podge for ripples and rills! My wife uses it for all sorts of things but I never considered it. I need to look in her studio. No telling what else might live there that I could use......

Why are the ripples white if the Modge Podge drys clear?

Nice article but was paint or something applied around rocks etc.? I know from experiece Modge Podge dries completely clear after a few days (where applied heavily) so would like to know the technique used for the white foam. ????

White foam

@ Karle, in the article Rob explains and shows how he paints the white for the foam before adding Modge Podge.

Thank you, my error for not reading carefully.

Thank You Dave.

Yup, it's paint

"...would like to know the technique used for the white foam???"

Either that or maybe some kind of magic.  Mostly paint.

i really enjoyed this and

Well, you know the saying, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Rob has discussed water in some past discussions here and it helped me get my feet wet on a river (no pun intended) on my last layout.  I was able to paint a river bottom and then used gloss Mod Podge for the water.  For a first effort it turned out pretty well.  I plan on trying it again in the future.

As Jack Buck once said...

..."I don't bee-lieve, what I just saw!" 

This appears to be the one catch all article on water modeling. I do wish there was something in there discussing the actual pouring process; is the resin just poured out of the lunch meat container, direct into the creek? Through a funnel, or....?

..."I don't bee-lieve, what I

Isn't that a British show?

Just Dump It

That's all there is to it.  

Epoxy Heat and XPS Foam

I plan to create a short, stagnant waterway on my upcoming layout that will be built using XPS insulation as my top surface. Will the heat from the resin curing process affect the stream bed I will be carving into the foam, or will I be better off using other materials to simulate water?

Good Question

Epoxy in typical 1/8" layers doesn't produce a lot of heat as it sets.  You could use some extra resin to test how it affects the foam.  Another option would be to build a base of something like plaster over the foam to provide a layer of protection.

You could also try a different method.  This stream is painted plaster with only a layer of Mod Podge on top, so no resin is involved.

Thanks For Your Reply

Well, that simplifies things. Your sample photo is very close to the type of water feature I want to create.

It can get pretty warm.

One of Luke Towan’s videos showed how hot epoxy could get when poured in thick layers. He basically had to start over when a water pour melted his diorama base. He shows the result in the video. For his second attempt he used much thinner layers of resin, and that worked out OK. Robs idea of putting a shell of plaster, or maybe sculptamold over the foam sounds like it would work too.