Water

[FJ and G]

I've found Envirotex easier to work with because it calls for 50/50 mix. Resin, OTOH, is a bit harder to mix because you need precise measurements, determined by ambiant temperature you are working in. Also smells bad.
But both resin and envirotex do the trick and both look equally good and no, there is no clouding. Perhaps MR can print a correction in the next issue. In the June04 MR, the article stated that Envirotex turn milky after 1 year and is more susceptable to bubbling than resin. I do occasional corrections in my magazine, The Military Engineer.

BTW, I cracked 2 toilet bowls in my life and fixed both with resin.

I've seen some really nice hi-rail layouts that could have looked even nicer if the modelers had used some sort of "dry water" like Envirotex or Resin instead of merely painting the river.

The latter method, however, is OK if doing a traditional toy train layout, where hi-fidelity is not a big concern.


Dave Vergun

[ChiefEagles]

In my old layout, I used a paper underlay with the color I wanted [not blue], added a few tiny stones [real ones but tiny ones become bolders for trains], made my shoreline and then poured casting resin. As the resin set up, did a little rippling behind the rocks to give realisim. Looked great for 5 years.

[Big_Boy_4005]

When I was a member of the Twin Cities Model Railroad Club, we poured Envirotex for a section of the Misissippi River. I think that was in 1988. I was back for a visit a couple of months ago, and it look the same as it did back when we poured it. It just had a few more scratches.[swg]

[daan]

@ dave, How the **** do you crack 2 toiletbowls??

I tried real water on a h0 layout, but that was not a good option. It gave the same mess as a cracked ........., well you know..[:D]

[Anonymous]

Now you got my curiosity up. How DID you break two toilets? Rather than fixing the toilet you should fix your diet. Try Phillips Milk of Magnesia....not a cracked toilet in a thousand. Odd-d

[FJ and G]

About 15 years ago, I put a hairline fracture in one I was installing because overtightened the bolt.

This time, I redid my basement, being esp. careful not to repeat the mistake; but I tripped over the toilet before installing it and put a crack in the handle area.

BTW, not only did I fix the crack w/resin, also fixed the outside crack's appearance by using ceramic paint, sold in small bottles in Home Depot. It's cool stuff and actually looks like white out (non of you remember what white out is unless you used a typewriter), but it paints on shiny.

I'm sure there must be an application for ceramic paint (comes in different colors) for toy trains; possibly for enamel touch-ups on Guage 1????

dav