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This is our first layout, and I've read (my layout building partner is only , so his reading ability still needs a little help) a number of posts here on making lakes, but still need a little help. I've read where people use Woodland Scenics "Realistic Water" (which sounds great in that it's a one-part liquid, and I've read where people use the two part Envirotex. Why would someone use one over the other? In either case, we have a couple of "deep areas" in our lake... places where we plan on emdedding objects in the lak and want them mostly/completely submerged. Can we do this with eiher one? Seems like the Realistic Water says only 1/8" deep and it says only one coat on the bottle... can we di deep lakes with either product (and how?) Lastly is sealing the lake bed. We have foam underneath, and then we used plaster cloth (which was then painted with latex paint). We still see some little "holes" where we didn't get hte plaster absolutely smoothed (we see the squares of gauze in the plaster cloth). Is it advised to use something to fill in these areas (the lake bottom) before using either product? Something like Woodland Scenics "Flex Paste" or something else (and then repainting)? We've read a number of books on scenery, and it seems like they still lack some critical stuff for true beginners like us. Thanks from both of us. MikeA
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