Scarpia's MINIVerse - Model Railroading

Test Layout 2

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Terrain

	The first run at filling the pond with Woodland Scenics Water.
	With one coat down, a second heavier coat went in.
	I started adding coloring to the mix, and put in way too much green (also a Woodland Scenics dye)
	I tried to correct that with some watered down brown (the old brush is used to mix the colors)
	And ended up with this muddied "mess".
	now to let it dry.
	Before it dried though, I added some "reeds" while the mix was stil fluid.
	They kind of wicked up the "water" and tipped over a bit.
	and a few days later in my cold basement, not much clearing.
	Always a good time to run trains though.
	Finally it was kind of clearing up, but the water's edge "creep" seemed kind of extreme.
	Turns out becuase I had a leak, from a bad seal along the fascia.
	So, another coat goes down, this one not colored.
	And slowly it dries in my cold, cold basement.
	Once the top was firm, I applied some glue along the top edge
	and covered it again with the Scenic Express swampy bog mix
	and than the outside area got a nice coat of glue.
	and out came the static grass.
	with the glue drying, and the pond kind of cleaned off.

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