Great video

Thanks for posting. I have to build a bayfront scene for my TT scale layout and that's very useful.....DaveB

Thumbs up!

Great video - very well done!  I especially like how you mixed together the edges of each color where you want the water to appear deeper and deeper.  Much better than the rings of color I've seen in other videos using commercial water.

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Martin,

Great video.  I am going to try this when I get to the water.

Roger Bodwell

Rio Grande in La Luz, NM

I want to create a small

I want to create a small river in the late spring with maximum flow but I had been wondering how to create the ripples and disrupted flow, I'll be using your technique.

interesting approach

I will have several lake features on my layout, this looks like a promising way to get them done. Thanks for posting.

Marc Simpson

Cool!

Thanks for the video.  Much appreciated.

Great technique and video.

Great technique and video.  Thanks for sharing!

Very clever!

Interesting technique and a great result!

I give it the Thumbs up!

Brilliant

This is excellent, I'm definitely saving this.

I really enjoyed that!

How the simple solution eludes us...

Well, after several attempts and expensive epoxies and resins, I've found my new water making method.

I watched an subscribed...and enjoyed.

Thanks for sharing!

I showed this video to my

I showed this video to my wife, who promptly suggested we need to go to the beach to better study the waves.

Larry

Perhaps I missed it

Do you apply to the paint to the wet toilet paper layers or wait for them to dry?

This technique sure beats the expense, the rush and the possible leaking of epoxies.  I love the fact that everything is water soluble with no harsh odors or flammability.

Count me as a convert (well, as soon as a I get to my water feature - a navigable river in America's Midwest - which is still ages away).

" - a navigable river in

   I'll be interested in how your river comes out. I have to make a bayfront scene so I'm wondering how well this works for smooth water? ..DaveB

Smooth versus flowing

Hello Dave.

It's been my observation that larger navigable rivers (and I've observed the upper Mississippi at La Crosse Wisconsin and the Ohio at Louisville Kentucky, living hear them both) aren't that smooth  - - or as smooth as a small lake or pond on a calm day.  While they don't normally exhibit the larger waves, as in the tutorial, by virtue of their movement and flow, they do show some wave action nearly constantly. 

I hope to capture that.  But, as the materials are not expensive and only semi-permanent, if it doesn't work out I'll rip it all up and go back to the drawing board.

note: as all I currently have is a bunch of accumulated RTR locos, rolling stock, building kits in their original packaging and no bench work (it's still at Home Depot), it will be awhile before I get to a water feature.

edit: It appears that the initial application of the toilet paper - before massaging it with the brush - is close to the natural water action of a river.  A bonus, because it will save an additional step.

 "it will be awhile before I

Hi Anthony,  It will be a while before I get to it too. I do have benchwork up but am handlaying my track working slowly around the room toward the bay front scene. I plan a bridge crossing( low timber pilings trestle) of an inlet so need to work out best order to build the water and the bridge. I guess build the shore line and water then bore holes for the bridge pilings and touch up the water after they are glued in place? Anyone with ideas on how to co-ordinate the construction please ?.....DaveB

Construction order?

For what its worth.  Everything I've seen on constructing water features on a model railroad leaves the actual water installation as the last step.  Banks, rocks, docks, pilings, etc. should all be in place before you add the water.  As I've never done any of it, I'm certainly no expert. 

Thank you

Thank you very much for the positive comments!

Wow! Terrific method!

Thanks for posting this!  What a cool and inexpensive way to make water.  It looks terrific.  I'll be trying it when I make Ashley Creek on my layout.  I agree with rsn48 that it may be a great way to create the ripples of a flowing stream.  I'll post pics when I get it going.

Michael

Thank you for the kind

Thank you for the kind comments!
It is a really simple method with a reliable realistic result, even if you´re not an artist and expert. That is what I like most with this one.

Greetings Martin. How

Greetings Martin. How ingenious entertaining and useful your videos are. Just a big Bravo for this one. 

I will have to stock up on a lot of toilet paper and white glue to make an O scale representation of a canal and harbor. It will be a breeze using your  technique.

Thank you for sharing.

Transfer.

Greta video

Thanks a lot for sharing!

Love the video!

Thank you very much for the positive feedback!

Hi!

I just want to thank you all very much for the positive feedback!