Ok here it is i have been asked for this so here is the water!!! I would like to thank KBM (Keith) for sending me the paints to make the water...Cheers Keith this update is for you!! All comments are again welcome. Please everyone tell me what you think. This is my second try at water and I think is a lot better than my first.






There are still plants and more rocks to add along the river bank but with the mishap last night i didnt have time to do them. Maybe tonight :-) As said before all comments welcome, let me have it!!

Cheers Kevin

a perfect water effect!

i like it a lot, nice variants of greenish water

Only one (sorry if im skeptic) comment/suggestion

since im a sport fisherman in my free time, i hope that those tanks on the bridge are not moving? if they are, i doubt the kid under the bridge could "catch a fish" sorry if im wrong


cheers
Mirko

Kevin

The water is excellent. The illusion of depth and the color is great.

Great work
Jay

Nice! Very nice! Ditto on the color. The ripples are very effective as well.

You nailed the water. It's looking very good.
I'd 'ragged' up a few of the edges of grass along the road and bridge 'head'

Kevin, you have waterproofed the base and used real water haven't you? That looks too real, please stop.
I wouldn't be surprised if your fish actually swim up and down :-) . Very, very good. I think the reeds by the bridge would improve if they were more irregular.
And your SPG on the bridge seems to have lost it's tracks. (sorry, couldn't resist that one )

can't wait to see the next improvements

Henk

Kevin, the water looks great! Glad you were able to use the paints. Of course, we need a detailed explanation of how you did it!

Keith

Kevin,

that water is just incredible! I can almost see the trout. To echo Keith, a detailed "how to" would be most appreciated. Keep up the great work!

INCREDIBLE! ... is an understatement ... (when I saw the first two photos I thought it was a huck finn dio) ... and you say that this is only your second attempt ... that's unbelievable ... PLEASE explain the step by step process in getting the water effect ... a really beautiful job.

Stop Teasing us!!
The water is real!Congratulations and keep 'em coming!

Kevin you are king of modelin diramas.

Kevin your dio is coming along very nicely.
We would really love a detailed explanation about the water.

i hate u...hehehehehe.

really really cool effect. like it so much. It looks so real that i wish i can see some fishes swimming in it.

can u give us a brief detail on u u make the water?

Pffffft....again this is awesome. Very, very realistic mate !! The scenery is almost too good to be true.... it's a shame those German vehicles invaded that countryside

Great modeling. Please keep us posted,

Hi Everyone. Thank you for all the kind words on my water. It seems there is some explaining for me to do here. The water was cast using the regular two part resin from hobby lobby. I painted the river bed the desired colors i was looking for after searching mountain streams on google and with a few pics from bodymovin here on big A. Next step I coated the river bed 2-3 times with 50/50 water /pva to make sure there was no loose stuff. KBM was very kind and sent me some gunze clear color paints. I beleive this is where all the magic lies, its in the paint!!! I poured some resin into an container and DID NOT add the hardener. I added a few drops of the clear green and a lot less of the yellow maybe 1-2 drops as this color is very dominant. Next came a few drops of smoky blue. When this was mixed with the colors even throughout I added the harden and poured it into the river bed. the first pour was just over 1/8 inch. I let this set up for 24 hours and mixed up the next batch with less green and less yellow but slightly more smoky blue. After this was poured it was left to set for about 18 hours then i took a metal rod and made lazy S patterns across the surface of the water to make the ripples. Be sure to go across the river not with the river flow. I went back from time to time and did this over the next couple hours. The results are what you see here. It was a lot easier than trying to mess with the WS stuff I had experimented with. I hope this explanation helps to explain this. I will submit a feature on the building of this dio again so there will be some pics of the steps. If there are any other questions please feel free to ask. Cheers Kevin

A little bit of chlorine will clear that algae right up :-) That thing looks so awesome.

WOW!!!!!! the is awsome water! i cant stop with the exclamation point !!!!!! pick my jaw up of the floor plz!!

That is stream i have ever seen even in real life

Kevin, that looks outstanding......

What can I say that everyone else hasn't already said? Unbelievable work. Thank you for sharing with us. I only wished I lived closer to Nebraska so I could see the work in person.

Patrick

Thanks Guys for the comments. I was a little worried about the water. But now i see I made the right decisions. Cheers Kevin

Kevin,
Are you sure those are not real water because I swear I saw some fish and tadpoles along the bank. Well what can I say they already said it all. Even without the tanks your dio is surely a winner. I'll be waiting for your write-up....thanks for a very interesting dio...

Arvin

Kevin, the water not too mention the whole diorama is fantastic, I do look forward to your article on how you accomplished this.
Best Regards,
Robert

wELL I AM SO HAPPY THAT UR WATER came out so well . Even if u were afraid in all application time , how it would go !!!!. very good looking . Now waiting for some fish to jump over !!!!!!!

Costas

The water is so nice that I wanna jump into it.

Excellent, superb work!!

Angela

BRILLIANT!!!!

The perfect country stream!