The Mighty Reuss River

With some grass planted on that hill, I ended up doing a little creek-building this afternoon.

Mixing up some PVA white glue plus black and white paint to make a gray blend, the creekbed was painted and some Woodland Scenics Talus applied.

This is an old favourite for riverbeds. I think its made out of some sort of pumice  (so it's fairly light in weight) that has been tumbled to take off the sharp edges. I have some 'large', and 'medium-fine' stuff, so made some 'superfine' by crumbling up larger bits with pliers.

This, and some different shades of 'grass' down by the creek, was all glued down with diluted PVA. As an aside, using a plastic pipette is my greatest step forward in scenicking - it allows you to maintain so much control over where the mess is going. My second greatest advance is in wetting the scene lightly with isopropyl alcohol first - applied from another clean pipette.

With the creek in place (but not dry yet), and hastily staged passenger train, just imagine a few trees and the scene might start to look ok.

Up the creek towards Wattinger

Wattinger Curve classic