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The first thing you should do before touching your ballest is to profile youir ballest strips. The 45 degree slope on the strip is too much of an angle and no where near prototypical. Take a sureform tool and eliminare the sharp angle by smoothing down the edges of your ballest strips. Make the slope of the strip rounded with a gentle rounded profile. This will look much more realistic and make your ballest setting a lot easier. Your ballest will stay put on a smooth slope and not run all over the place as with the standard 45 degree sharp angle. <br /> <br />Have fun
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