This is my method for creating rivers and lakes using Enviro-Tex casting resin. Rivers and Lakes Rivers and water falls can be made with Enviro-Tex. The attached photo is my river and was done by painting the bottom as usual then mixing the E-T with some drops of whatever color you want to mix , food coloring. I used blue but you could mix drops to get blue-green and so on. The food color will first appear to not mix but KEEP MIXING , and mix all the resin in the cup (scrape the sides of the cup and mix COMPLETELY). Then I pour the resin into the river and save about 3 spoon fulls of resin. Then I tear apart cotton balls and stretch the cotton pieces out and poke them down into the resin with the mixing stick lengthwise where I want rapids. the cotton will absorb the resin and change color , if it doesn't or doesn't lay down , drip some more resin on the cotton. After repeating this where you want , let the resin dry for 2 days then go back and dry brush white paint on the tops of the rapids as needed . Then come back and add foliage to the sides. The adjoining lake was made with ripple shower door glass and slides back for access. Thanks Guys , if you need more info please email me.
Mike: How big is your layout? Do you have a page on RailImages, or any other pix that show the whole thing? It looks really good so far...
Robert Here is a link to my layout and thanks for the kind words. http://www.fiferhobby.com/html/mike_fifer_s_albuquerque_carnu.html Thanks , Mike
