Now, there are a million things I love about Kato Unitrack, search my other postings on these forums and you'll see how much I stick up for it. However there is a problem with the six-foot. You just can't leave it alone.

I tried a thin layer of ballast.

Nope.

What I have decided on is to bring more use of my friendly Foam Paste.

Then painted "Adminstratum Grey"

The final job will be to spread a thin layer of ballast over the top of that.

I've bought a bag of Official Kato-Mix ballast, so it should colour match the plastic bases.

I'm just too scared to try this. I also have to clear all the trains away whilst I do it and with a full roster of School's class that can take quite a while! Like all Ballasting it can wait...