Waterfall simulation.

[gtmspyder]

Hello everyone,  can anyone tell me how to convicingly reproduce a small waterfall.

I want it to come from a cave in the clfifside and fall about 4" (100mm) into a stream that will appear to feed a water wheel.

Many thanks for your help.

May I wish you and all your families a verry happy Christmas.

Regards,

Brian T.

[Daan]

Hi Brian,

I used a clear plastic sheet (from a bag) and put Silicone sealant on it. let it dry and then cut to size. You can even add some sealant later on to mimic he splashing water..



A few miles further down the track:



You can also use sealant to mimic rivers etc..


Hope this helps, it's an easy and fast way to create waterfalls and flows..

Cheers, daan.

[gtmspyder]

Hello Daan, thank you for your quick response, I have waited a few days to see if anyone else wished to add to your excellent example befor appending a thank you.

Your water looks very convincing, perhaps so convincing that no one else thought they could top it. ;)

Kind regards,

Brian.

[Isle of Stoner]

The falling water is very good. I made a waterfall on a layout years ago but it actually looked like someone with a chesty cough had had a good clear out on the hillside. I may well try the plastic bag version though, nice.

John W

[pilotfriend]

I would suggest that you try clingwrap rather than the plastic bag base.

[Daan]

@Pilotfriend,
Yep, the plastic is only a base and shouldn't be too obvious. I used those tiny plastic bags used to carry your lunch in. As thin as possible is the best way..Clingwrap would even be a better base.

[clanky]

Looking good guys and very good ideas . Cheers john .

[gtmspyder]

Hello again Daan.

I had a go at the water simulation using your clear mastic method and I must say I am very pleased with the results so far.  I will get a better idea in the morning when I can view the results in daylight.

I have only done the water mill stream so far as I think the canal wants to be a much stiller water so I am going to try the water mix I purchased some time ago.

It's unfortunate that I have posted all the update pictures before I did the water, but I will post some more in the future and you can give me an oppinion.

Thank you once again for sharing this idea with us.

Kind regards,

Brian

[Daan]

Hi Brian,
I'm curious on how your water looks like. The only "con" I found about this method is that you can't paint it afterwards and it dries out a bit matt. It would be completely perfect if it would be paintable with clear highgloss laquer. However, it still keeps looking like water..


greetz daan.