Miniature village and lake

[excaliber]

nice site and info very much appreciated, I have a 2k pond with miniature mountains and rivers and lakes, waterfalls, soon will be adding a ho scale railroad and village, its a year old and will take many years to finish any suggestions are welcome
the Pond has an ultraviolet, and bio filter, pump moves 1,200 gals an hour, 5 foot deep and graduates to 8 inch shallows, lilly pad bed and 2 rock caves for the gold, shubunkins, Koi, brim, waterfall comes from the bio filter, and mountains have 5 springs feeding the river.

 

[excaliber]

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p49/excaliber2006/099.jpg

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p49/excaliber2006/074.jpg

wont let my post the img so click the urls. more pics on bucket its open to anyone

 

[sissy]

se18 is a big builder like that .I just built a house on my pond and did a lighthouse but all has to wait until I get waterfall rebuilt

 

[Mmathis]

OH, HOW COOL IS THAT! You even have a fairy princess We are a "dragon" family, and over the last 2 years Santa brought Hubby various outdoor dragon art to go around the pond -- but he wants to keep it in the house, instead! Where did you get the dragon & castle? How does it hold up to the weather? And where in Arkansas are you?

Oh, and welcome to the GPF!

 

[Waterbug]

Very cool. Do you have any Dragon Carp?

Nice rock work. But my fav, and something I will rip off, is the fountain/falls deal at about 0:45 into the video. Never seen anything like it and I think it's cool as heck.

 

[HTH]

It is wonderful. What scale RR are you going to use. I would use a steam train motif with cars and engines from the late 1800's. This is a pic of the 1889 steam train in Hill City South Dakota. It is not hard to imagine it running through your creation.

 

[sissy]

yippee lava rock lover yippee I am not alone .

 

[j.w]

excaliber
What you have done is excellent!

 

[addy1]

to our group!

 

[excaliber]

no dragon carp.. have been adjusting the mountains ... the trains will be HO scale, 3.5 mm (0.1378 in) building the rail bed is next, http://www.venturea.com/br1.jpg a pic of what i have in mind, a bridge across the narrows and a tunnel someplace, also a marina and boats... i have a miniature water proof cam for when i can find a miniature RC sub, gonna film the shubunkins ..

whats the scoop on algie eaters ?? how much cold can they stand?

 

[excaliber]

ya Howard am thinking steam age i would like to get the Challenger #3985 i have seen it 1 mile from my house.. as well as this one..took these a few years back.

wonder if i could make a under water [under the pond] tunnle plexy glass for the train?

 

[j.w]

If you are talking about the Pleco algae eaters they like it warm say around 70 - 75F or they will crockamundo in cold water.