The rockwork, track, & bridges were already in place. Working around the tall viaduct was a challenge.
Before installing the falls, I painted some of the rockface with clear gloss medium to simulate moisture, and I added foliage and moss around the drop. The waterfall is clear silicone calk. I followed a well-established process: I laid it out in strips of calk on freezer paper (the plastic side), then used a piece of stripwood to randomly tease the strips together. I let it cure for 24 hours, dry brushed it with gloss white craft paint, and peeled it off the paper in one long piece. I glued it to the rock at the top using matte medium gel with T-pins to hold it in place. I added a few T-pins on the rockface where the falls hit a ledge.
The rapids were built with gloss medium gel applied and stippled with a flat 1-inch brush and then painted with gloss white craft paint. Since the photo was taken, I've added dense foliage and a bear to the areas closest to the layout edge and added trees and foliage to the cliff top.
The drop from cliff top to rapids is about 20 inches. The track in this section is one of the two scenicked helixes that connect the upper and lower levels of the layout to create a 400-foot continuous main line.
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