The last ballast is now down. The job started off looking like this. All structures and vehicles have been removed to avoid damage. I wish I had painted the roadbed BEFORE laying the track. As it is, any missing ballast shows up bright yellow pine color. I should have painted all the road bed ballast color before laying the track. Live and learn. Ballast tools are cheap & simple. Woodland Senic's medium gray, white glue diluted 50:50 with water, wet water (tap water with a drop of liquid dishwash detergent in it), an acid brush to spread and shape the ballast, and a plastic cup to pour the ballast where it is needed.
Many hours of brushing and shaping come next. And a lot of wet watering and glue pouring. Use plenty of glue, it soaks in and dries clear.
Here is Lisbon station before ballasting.
And after. The wet water has loosened up the road. I gotta flatten it out and glue it down again.
David Starr www.newsnorthwoods.blogspot.com
Lookin' good!
amazing how the "finished" look changes everything, isn't it?
I HATE ballasting.
keep it up {or are you done ballasting?}
-G .
Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.
HO and N Scale.
After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.
Nice clean ballast work... Looks like the road was glued over the grass? You'll get better adhesion results if the was scraped off first...
JeepR .. Looks like the road was glued over the grass? You'll get better adhesion results if the was scraped off first...
.. Looks like the road was glued over the grass? You'll get better adhesion results if the was scraped off first...
Ayup. Laid the road right down atop the grass. Won't do that again. Liquid Nails for Projects is doing it's thing right now.