I have just come across this by chance and once again you've done a superb job of the whole scene. Something I've been going to ask someone like yourself for quite a while is; Is there any main issue's in using real water in a scene like this so as to add the reality of it. I understand things would have to be made waterproof and using fibre glass etc, but , why couldn't you use it? Just wondering.
Thanks Chris. Overcoming the issues you've listed would be enough to deter me from trying real water. However, I think the biggest issue in small scales such as HO, and even O, is that real water cannot be scaled and so would likely be unconvincing within a scene. Any water movement, ripples, etc would look like ocean waves rather than a babbling brook for example. In the same vein, portraying depth would be difficult to achieve. I expect that even tinting the water to make it look murky would likely just look like tinted water. I have seen real water used in large-scale (eg G scale) garden railways and it still looks like real water, but the philosophy of garden railways is much more about suspending the mismatch between real boulders, dirt, plants and water and model trains, track and structures. Cheers
@@burrawonbranchmodelrailway5886 Good morning. Many thanks for that. I can safely put the real water idea to rest having my grey matter shaken to issues I never even thought of let alone probably never would have until it was all too late and irreversible without a huge amount of frustration and a lot of expense. I suppose also the fact that I am doing this in N scale, now that I think about it the whole moving water idea was a fair thought but; NO. Well, that one's in the bin. Very kind regards and many thanks. Chris.
Nice work again Craig! Excellent touch showing the video of the real river - it really drew attention to the scenic detail.
Thanks Derek. I had hoped to use the sound from the real river, but it was overwhelmed by sound of the roaring gale. Cheers
Absolutely brilliant, you got the water colour perfect for the aussie outback, well done!
Many thanks Neale. I'm glad you liked it. Cheers
Nice touch modeling an undercut bank. Very convincing and hardly ever modeled. Great layout 👌
Many thanks. I'm pleased you liked it. Cheers
Amazing diorama, great work.
Thank you! Cheers!
I have just come across this by chance and once again you've done a superb job of the whole scene. Something I've been going to ask someone like yourself for quite a while is; Is there any main issue's in using real water in a scene like this so as to add the reality of it. I understand things would have to be made waterproof and using fibre glass etc, but , why couldn't you use it? Just wondering.
Thanks Chris. Overcoming the issues you've listed would be enough to deter me from trying real water. However, I think the biggest issue in small scales such as HO, and even O, is that real water cannot be scaled and so would likely be unconvincing within a scene. Any water movement, ripples, etc would look like ocean waves rather than a babbling brook for example. In the same vein, portraying depth would be difficult to achieve. I expect that even tinting the water to make it look murky would likely just look like tinted water. I have seen real water used in large-scale (eg G scale) garden railways and it still looks like real water, but the philosophy of garden railways is much more about suspending the mismatch between real boulders, dirt, plants and water and model trains, track and structures. Cheers
@@burrawonbranchmodelrailway5886 Good morning. Many thanks for that. I can safely put the real water idea to rest having my grey matter shaken to issues I never even thought of let alone probably never would have until it was all too late and irreversible without a huge amount of frustration and a lot of expense. I suppose also the fact that I am doing this in N scale, now that I think about it the whole moving water idea was a fair thought but; NO. Well, that one's in the bin. Very kind regards and many thanks. Chris.