Anyone made water for dio's?

metalwar · Post by **metalwar** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:13 am

Since I have tossed out the treads for my 32x Panzer III by mistake and I have not had any luck finding replacements for less than I paid for the tank...I am thinking about removing the bootom of the hull and use it in a river crossing dio. Has anyone made water for a dio? I know you can by the mix for model railraods but I know there are other options. Has any one used polyurethane? Any suggestions would be appreciated as I don't know what else to do with a tank with no treads.

Thanks

Gerald

Morian Miner · Post by **Morian Miner** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:48 am

One quick an easy method I did just recently is use clear caulking. Cheap and easy. But, two warning are (1) if you are doing a large area, keep in mind shrinkage (heh heh, shrinkage) and more importantly (2) make sure you do a good job painting the subsurface. Took some shortcuts on mind, and it looks like crap (but the water looks nice). And to give you an idea, the area I did was 12" wide by 30", so not exactly a small area. I also like this method since its naturally "turbulant" water - urethane you have to mess with the surface during the drying process.

Moth · Post by **Moth** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:51 am

Use real water?
Make a Lining out of something water proof, you can use plastic bags, and pour real water in there.

Hope that helps, I dont have any ideas for fake water

Razor17019 · Post by **Razor17019** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 10:48 am

Moth-
Thanks for the input and your jumping plane is hypnotic....

Razor17019 · Post by **Razor17019** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 10:51 am

Red - You out there??

Did you make a really cool dio with Marines crossing some shallow water?

If not Red, shout out who!

[Moth- the jumping plane has me under it's power-MUST OBEY JUMPING PLANE...

]

flpickupman · Post by **flpickupman** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 11:01 am

Obeying the jumping plane, in and of itself, is not necessarily a bad thing. However, what might the jumping plane be telling you to do? lol

As for how to do water, here's a link from Missing-Lynx.com. The buildier of this diorama talks about how he created his water effect. Hope you find it helpful.

http://www.missing-lynx.com/articles/di ... iorama.htm

normandy · Post by **normandy** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 12:58 pm

Metalwar, heres another artical that my help you. Go to page 3.
http://www.armorama.com/modules.php?op= ... artid=1043

blaster_e11 · Post by **blaster_e11** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 1:09 am

your question reminded me of an old thread on Star Wars diorama board

here is the link to ruff terrain's diorama of dagobah, he used clear casting resin

http://www.dagobahswamp.com/resources/watereffects.asp