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A couple of photos of my stream/drain - HO scale

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A couple of photos of my stream/drain - HO scale
Posted by mikelhh on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 2:43 AM

 I've been working at making a polluted little stream that's now a drain.

 Water is two-part epoxy resin from the hardware store. I added some green and brown acrylic paint to the resin, just enough to colour it while keeping it transparent.

 

 

 

 

 

 Obviously lots of landscaping to do to it yet.

 Made with plastic tubing for the pipe, water putty, DAS clay, artists texture paste, acrylic paints, coconut fibres, ballast, beach sand, a bit of a matchstick, copper wire, braided fishing line, fine twigs, TimberCoat epoxy resin, and even some fur from our poodle Smile [:)]

 

 Mike 

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Posted by selector on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 9:41 AM

That's coming along very nicely and convincingly, Mike.  Nice work.

-Crandell

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Posted by loathar on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 9:48 AM
Mmmm...Looks good enough to drink from!Wink [;)] Nice depth effect.
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Posted by E-L man tom on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 1:11 PM

Nice, Mike. I like the creativity with materials used here.

I disagree with Lothar on the drinking part - - could be fatal!

Tom Modeling the free-lanced Toledo Erie Central switching layout.
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Posted by lvanhen on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 8:21 PM
That is coming from the back of a chemical plant, right?  Nice job!! Smile [:)]
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Posted by HarryHotspur on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 9:05 PM

Very realistic effect.

BTW, where did you get the "village people" figures? 

- Harry

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Posted by mikelhh on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 9:41 PM

 Thanks for the comments. Lots of landscaping to do, of course.

 There is or rather there will be a small industry nearby, but I don't yet know what it'll be. It'll depend on what I can fit in.

 The village people are OO scale [4mm] plastic by the UK manufacturer Dapol. They don't make very many.

  Mike

Modelling the UK in 00, and New England - MEC, B&M, D&H and Guilford - in H0

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