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Thank you Magnus for helping out with Ballasting! :)

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Thank you Magnus for helping out with Ballasting! :)
Posted by martin t on Friday, May 13, 2016 3:09 AM

SmileHi!

This passed week I got help from my friend Magnus to ballast most of my lines. He has such a nice and quick method, which ended up with a really realistic and nice look. Makes more fun being two as well! :)

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 13, 2016 4:25 AM

Hi Martin,

Magnus did a good job, ballasting and weathering Marklin´s infamous "K-Gleis" track.

Nice weathering job on the DB class 56 (ex Umbau pr. G 8.1)!

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Posted by martin t on Friday, May 13, 2016 4:47 AM
"MarklinĀ“s infamous "K-Gleis" track." :) :) :) Thank you Ulrich!
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Posted by martin t on Friday, May 13, 2016 1:14 PM

The DB class 56 is factory weathered, item 37516. A little pearl! :)

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Posted by sdCowboyBen on Friday, May 13, 2016 4:58 PM
And what was the method? email...SDCowboyBen@yahoo.com
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Posted by hornblower on Friday, May 13, 2016 5:47 PM

sdCowboyBen
And what was the method?

I second this query.

Hornblower

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, May 14, 2016 12:57 AM

Martin,

your layout looks very nice and I bet there are a number of folks in here who would like to see more of it. So don´t hesitate and share some more pictures with us!

I know Marklin 3-rail AC is somewhat belittled by the "serious" model railroaders, but it has a lot to go for it. The system is fool-proof and Marklin´s built quality is unsurpassed - not a bargain, but worth it!

Just a few days ago I resurrected my 30+ year old Marklin loco, which hadn´t been run for over 25 years. Just put it on the track and applied power. It ran like a charm, just like new. Now try that with your Rivarossis, Athearns, Atlas, Bachmanns of today´s manufacture!

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Posted by martin t on Saturday, May 14, 2016 2:08 AM

Hi!

Thank you for the positive feedback!
I made a short video about how Magnus does his ballasting to help me remember the process next time. Hopefully it can be of help to others as well.

Link to the Youtube video:

https://youtu.be/E8yVSMDhvY0

 

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Posted by Joergen on Saturday, May 14, 2016 4:09 AM

That was a nice way of ballasting the tracks!

The video was informative and easy to understand. I have to test this.

/J

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