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Use the right size ballast (fine is probably best for N). Lay the ballast down the center of the track, and use a stiff bru***o spread it between the ties and on the sides. Make sure you sweep stray pieces away from the points on the turnouts, and off the frog and out from between the frog rails and guardrails. Once you have the ballast shaped to your liking, wet it down with 'wet water' (water with a couple of drops of dish detergent or isopropyl alcohol in it). Use either a fine mist from a sprayer, or an eyedropper, or anything that gives you a controlled flow so you don't wa***he ballast away. Work in small sections -- no more than a foot or so at a time. When the ballast is thoroughly wet, glue it in place with a 50/50 mix of water and white glue or matte medium. Again, use something that'll give you a controlled flow so you don't disturb the ballast (I particularly prefer using an eyedropper for this). When you're gluing the ballast around turnouts, again make sure there's no stray pieces between the points or around the frogs, and also work the points back and forth a couple of times as the glue dries. That'll keep it from getting glued into place, and will also form a sort-of channel below the throw bar so it works smoothly in the future. Repeat as necessary. [:)]
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