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Waterfalls adds pure magic on the layout :)

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Waterfalls adds pure magic on the layout :)
Posted by martin t on Friday, December 9, 2016 10:30 AM

Hi! Waterfalls adds magic to every miniature landscape and diorama. I just had to try it out. It turned out really great, so I made a video tutorial of the process.

Link to the tutorial

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Posted by Water Level Route on Friday, December 9, 2016 11:20 AM

Nice work, and nice job on the video!

Mike

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Posted by dknelson on Friday, December 9, 2016 11:28 AM

Nicely done, and nicely explained.  The sound of the waterfall adds great realism to the scene, although as an upper-middle aged man the continuous sound of burbling water is not one I can listen to and remain seated at the computer for very long, if you catch my drift.

I saw a waterfall scene on one layout where the modeler had installed a small smoke unit, which created a small amount of smoke, strategically placed so it looked like that cloud of mist that every waterfall seems to create. 

Dave Nelson

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Posted by trainnut1250 on Friday, December 9, 2016 12:17 PM
Martin,
 

Nice job on the waterfall video.

 

I mainly wanted to reply to congratulate you on the model railroad party video that you did last summer. I think that is one of my favorite model railroad videos of all time – mainly due to the fun, ridiculous sense of humor. You managed to capture a sense of the absurd that I enjoy. .Many of my non modeling friends enjoyed the video as well.  Keep up the good work!!!

 

While I model US prototypes now, I started out as a Marklin modeler many years ago. I still have a soft spot for Swiss electric locomotives. Here are some shots from the last Marklin based layout that I did…

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Regards,

 

Guy

see stuff at: the Willoughby Line Site

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Posted by martin t on Friday, December 9, 2016 5:24 PM

Wow! Nice layout Guy! Looks great! Awesome hight on those bridges!
Good to hear you like the "party-video". The intention with that video was to show for a broader public that model railroad can be a great fun social activity.

 / Martin

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Posted by martin t on Friday, December 9, 2016 5:29 PM

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Posted by hon30critter on Saturday, December 10, 2016 5:57 AM

Martin!

Excellent tutorial! You make it look pretty easy.

Thanks,

Dave

I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!

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Posted by martin t on Sunday, September 3, 2017 11:14 AM

hon30critter

Martin!

Excellent tutorial! You make it look pretty easy.

Thanks,

Dave

Thank you Dave! Yes

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Posted by martin t on Friday, March 23, 2018 4:13 PM

 

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