Track and Ballast Experiments
After following TomE's approach I've been playing with some test ballast examples. Above shows what I have finally decided on using on Colwyn, it's a 50/50 mix of Treemedus Earth power and Carrs fine ash ballast, all fixed with (still wet and slightly glossy) Kleer. I will do a more indpeth write up when it gets applied to the layout. Thanks again to Tom for the advice
Another experiment was to prepare the plastic Easitrac sleepers to take paint more readily, this was done by brushing on a 50/50 wash of water and EvoStick wood adhesive (green bottle, red lid). It was a bit thick going on, but it did even out ok, even with 4 coats of red oxide primer the rail detail and chairs are not lost.
All in all, a small victory for me. Hopefully progress can resume!
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