hi guys! im planning to simulate water about an inch deep, can anyone please teach me how to do this what materials would i be using preferable alternative mediums coz EZ water is not available here in the philippines. thanks a lot

Is there a special reason why you want the water to be an inch deep ?

It's possible but quite some nut to crack looking at what's available in the Philipines I guess.....

The shallow, or even flat surface, water is a bit more easy to do, but maybe there's a special reason why it must be that deep ?

I did puddles of water that depth in my Spritztour dio. I just used three layers of clear Humbrol varnish.
If you need muddy water or other tinting, you can paint thin (I mean THIN!) paint layer on each varnish layer. This gives water a good sense of depth. It may be wise to paint the puddle area in base ground in a darker tone...
The effect in practice: Schwimmwagen pics

Keeping it simple...

Toni

Toni,

As far as I understood, crismag want's water that is an inch deep Thats 2,54 cm deep... I think he get's in awful lot of trouble when he tries to accomplis that with varnish, or am i wrong here ?

Speaking of water......man...... you made a heck of a beautiful dio there !!

crismag
I went searching for other articles on water and here are some that I found - covers medium, style, different methods of applications etc.
Hope it helps
http://www.network54.com/Hide/Forum/thread?forumid=78970&messageid=977874408
http://www.network54.com/Hide/Forum/thread?forumid=47211&messageid=969116142
http://www.network54.com/Hide/Forum/thread?forumid=78970&messageid=1022355554
http://www.network54.com/Hide/Forum/thread?forumid=95064&messageid=987717109
http://www.network54.com/Hide/Forum/thread?forumid=95064&messageid=1014277199