I painted harbour water once on a model railroad club layout.
First paint one the board surface and then many layers of clear
laquer on top. I only had a 25th of an inch of height to play with,
deeper “water” can be constructed by painting the bottom and
then adding layers of suitably tinted laquer to build up the depth.
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You are right-on my friend. This is all about the bridge. I mentioned in the OP that the base was meant to be a rigid base for the long model and not a diorama per se but that it could be made into one. Just as I left the cable stanchions brass for contrast, I felt that using either brown or green board would be too much of that color. In fact, I chose to use British Bronze Green to make the vehicles stand out more rather than use standard Olive Drab on them. Man, I appreciate all the comments on this unusual build. I was so afraid that no one would find it interesting.
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Don’t worry!
We are interested every time someone shares a build and provides
details of pros and cons, faulty instructions et.c.
Every such build report has a more than fair chance of helping someone else.
Keep on posting!
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You could have painted the bridge in SCC 2 brown and the vehicles in SCC 15 OD. This would be accurate for both.
The British used both British- and American-made Bailey bridge parts, but British ones were ordered to remain in SCC 2 even after the switch to SCC 15 as the normal vehicle colour, because the bridge parts weren’t entirely compatible. Since American bridge parts were American olive drab, this way the colour was a quick and easy guide to what fit together and what might/did not.
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Excelleny Work. 
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Nice triple single bridge👍
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