Help me build a miniature of the Nile River, What should I do and use?

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Help me build a miniature of the Nile River, What should I do and use?

Answer 1

This is a hard question. I really need to know how big your "miniature" will be. Go to "Google Earth" and put in Nile River. This will give you a perfect topographical image of the river and the delta. From this image, you could fashion a mold from wet sand or clay. Make paper mache' from newspaper and flour and water paste. Shape this to your mold. When it dries, discard the sand mold, remove the paper mache' then paint it realistically.  This will not hold water. The paper mache' will come apart if it gets wet. You will have to line the river bed with an epoxy substance that is water proof, if you are going to have a "real water" river.