Make a lake, part 4 – In this episode of the Back on Track mini-series, hosted by Gerry Leone on his HO scale Bona Vista model railroad, you’ll see how to apply the finishing touches and details on the water effects, painted backdrop, and adjacent shoreline scenery. All of this and more, as Gerry works to wrap up his first complete scene for the new layout. Be sure to keep your membership current to monitor Gerry’s efforts and progress, along with all the other content found exclusively on Trains.com!
Getting to know Gerry Leone
Back on Track host Gerry Leone is just as clever as he is comedic! But even better, he’s a masterful model railroader who’s knowledgeable in numerous areas of the hobby. In his MR Video Plus/Trains.com series Off the Rails, audiences enjoyed learning many of the helpful tips and techniques he used to assemble various layouts over the years. Exclusive Trains.com video highlights much of his previous Bona Vista Railroad HO scale layout, and even examines specific details of his scenery construction in his Spaces to Places series.
With so many of Gerry’s talents at hand, we wouldn’t want any of them to go to waste! You can be sure to find him lending assistance in the construction of several other Trains.com projects, including work on the O scale (1:48) Olympia Logging Co., the HO scale (1:87) Winston-Salem Southbound, and even the N scale (1:160) Canadian Canyons.
If you’re looking to find some of the tools and supplies Gerry uses in his path to modeling success, look no further than KalmbachHobbyStore.com. There, you’ll be able to further examine and directly purchase products he and other notable model railroaders frequently reference in Trains.com videos!
Another great how-to Gerry. Thanks! I am curious about the sequence you used of detailing/pouring the lake, THEN doing the shoreline and adjacent hillside scenery. Demos and articles by some of your MR colleagues have cautioned against getting glue/alcohol, washes near where the resin water meets the shore because of the risk of the liquids wicking under resin pours. I’m guessing you haven’t had those issues?
Really enjoyed the series on your new BV. One small note for information (not a criticism). As retired 30 CSX Engineer Bridges:
Bridge tie decks are changed out in their entirety at the same time, not spotted in over years like track ties. Thus they should all be basically the same color or tint. Reasoning is their are many more bridges than there are bridge gangs so when they move in they fix everything at once so they don’t have to come back for 15-20 years. Still love you work.
Great look to the perfect scene.
I love this scene!!! I had to wonder if the sky reflection at the back would look different in person. I hope it does!! I really enjoy your videos!!!!
Great explanation. I am glad that you you invited all of us to see your layout in person. There are thousands of us loyal followers packing our bags as I write this.
Menu:
Barbequed chicken
Pulled pork
Steak Kabobs
Potato Salad
Beer
I’m with you all the way, Donald…except for the potato salad part. Not in my backyard…!
Great work Gerry, I especially like the cattails and reeds and lily pads along the shoreline and the boat dock. I hope those two guys catch something. Thanks.
Mark and Donald — I think you have to see it in person since it’s hard to “read” the video.
The blue part is actually water in the photo — the shore is way off in the distance. But to my eye it looked far too white, and didn’t read as water. Water at that distance is reflecting the blue sky. So adding just a touch of blue to the photo really makes it look like the lake continues way into the background.
If that blue was actually lake shore the railroad sure wouldn’t have gone to the expense of building a bridge over that portion — they’d have just rerounted the track back on that shore.
It is a beautiful scene.
I too had the same question. To me it looks like sky between the lake and tree line.
i too
Gerry, I’m wondering about the blue on the Lake shore beyond the bridge. Why wouldn’t this be a photo of lake shore some place?