tips for making water......

I knew a guy who built dio's for a living for architects, mostly golf courses. His water looked so realistic but it was placid.

He crumpled aluminum foil slightly, not alot, and layed it at the bottom then poured something like apoxy? over it. I'm not sure what material he used but it created a really good effect. Might take trial and error to figure out but food for thought.

What I mean is not the actual wave, but more like the "splashes" of something heavy getting into the water. I read this in an article in FSM, it was about a dio of a amphibian vehicle nose in the water, back still on land...
It's hard to explain, English is not my first language, and I don't remember what issue of FSM I read it in, it's been a while, mayby two years ago or so.
The author carved the inner shape of the splash from patato, applied the "water" and after drying it was easy to remove the patato.

"Carve waves out of Potatoes" you say? Do tell?

Take care,
Frank

QUOTE: Originally posted by RustyFord To add to the earlier post, its easy to make waves with Realistic Water, you don't pour it all at once, you pour it in layers, and as its setting you use a brush to form the waves...

You can also carve the waves out of patatoes and after the "Realistic Water" has dried, remove those pieces of patato.

Oh, and afterwards you can still bake those...

I've tried lots of ways to make water. I'm most happy with acrylic paint in tubes with a couple coats of future on it. If you want to make very rough seas, sculpt first with plaster. Then put the acrylic paints on very thick. Let the acrylic paint fully dry (at least a week) then coat with future (as many coats as you want). Good luck with your D-day dio.

Here is an example with my cardstock Leopold. It is a relatively calm river scene:

To add to the earlier post, its easy to make waves with Realistic Water, you don't pour it all at once, you pour it in layers, and as its setting you use a brush to form the waves...

I know of 1 is to buy a bottle of Realistic Water at your LHS in the train section or just ask them if they have any....

i have used clear plastic wrap. its reflective, and can be made into any form. i ve used it for a brown water navy model with a pibber, if you put something under it you can make waves.

I have used woodland scenics, Realistic Water. They also make a thing called Wate effects, or something like that, havent tried it though. Only problem is that is dries flat, so I dont think you can creat waves. Ask the Dio guys, theyve got some good stuff,.

I do'nt have any expierience with this topic but I just read an article in Tamiya model magazine internatial issue 105 june/july 04. On page 19 you will find a good description.
Good luck
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