LION gets a box of cat litter, pours it on the layout, and brush off everything that does not look like ballast. How hard can tha be.
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I guess i don't understand the problem. So often I read of folks carrying on about ballasting, hate it;boreing, time wasting and on and on.I do 3-5 feet at atime, dump some stuff on the track,move it around with a small brush, wet it glue it.have a cold beer. I must be doing it wrong, but then I would rather spendtime on buildings and trees and stuff you actually look at and really see and appreciate
just thinking
RR_Mel Bundy74 I'll ballast for you if you'll do my wiring If you weren’t so far away I’d take you up on that. I love wiring and absolutely hate ballasting. Mel Modeling the early to mid 1950s SP in HO scale since 1951 My Model Railroad http://melvineperry.blogspot.com/ Bakersfield, California I'm beginning to realize that aging is not for wimps.
Bundy74 I'll ballast for you if you'll do my wiring
I'll ballast for you if you'll do my wiring
In all seriousness, I find it's best done when done in sections, as most instructional videos tend to show. I like to work in other scenery around it, or place structure bases. That tends to break up the monotony.
Modeling whatever I can make out of that stash of kits that takes up half my apartment's spare bedroom.
bsteel4065Do any of you (apart from Cody) actually like ballasting?
I rather enjoy it. Now, in the areas where I have to be on my hands and knees and my head inside a tunnel portal can become a bit wearysome...
Ballasted track makes the biggest leap in the scenery progression. The part of the process I do dislike is the painting of the track prior to the ballast. It takes the most prep work and consumes a great deal of time.
Can you post any photos of your work?
Regards, Ed
I know Cody Grivno loves ballasting track. I even follow his method shown in MRVideoPlus. I'm very careful....meticulous even. But I have just ballasted 253,265 miles of track!! (OK, not really, it just seems like that much track.)
It is the most boring part of model railroading but it has to be done.
Do any of you (apart from Cody) actually like ballasting?