Using Marble and Granite for Ballast

[beauty and the beast]

Greetings from Beast

 

Has anyone used scrap from monument/tombstone shops?  Any thoughts on will crushed marble or granite like that work as ballast?

 

Toot Toot

Beauty and Beast

[Ray Dunakin]

Any crushed stone should work just fine, as long as it's small enough.

White marble ballast might be a bit unusual but I'm sure there are places it's used in the real world.

[spookytown rr]

granite could work if you can crush the rocks to the appropriate sizes, and if the colors match your prototype, go for it, might be a lot of work getting the sizes that woild look right though.  I have used left over granite stones (#2's) they are HUGE for scale ton - tan and a half boulders atleast.  Better off taking those stones, glueing them together and making a retaining wall or foundation walls might be more realistic, but everthing depends on the size of the rocks your getting.

 

[altterrain]

Chicken and turkey grit often used for ballast is made from crushed granite. I never cared for the color but some like it.

-Brian