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Ballasting!

lapford34102

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Never my favourite job, a bit like patio laying I never seem to get it quite right. Tried a method new to me which was to put the glue down then add the the ballast. Used a small syringe with some thinned PVA and it seemed to work quite well. Ballast is fine Woodland scenics and looks OK.

On the sidings tried the method the Chris Nevard used and filled in the gaps with modelling clay. It does seem to be a lot less messy than plaster though my application was considerably more heavy handed than the maestro's.

Apologies for the useless photo's but it's cold in the garage and I simply popped out for a look and a couple of hasty shots.

Ballast1.jpg

Ballast2.jpg

he track has been given and overall dusting with the airbrush and doesn't look too bad. The sidings were a disaster. I'd used a a selection of matchpots, again something suggested by Mr Nevard, and that was ok though it did seem to go on a bit thickly. Anyhow I left it and came back later to spray some darkish grey on the track and found the spray paint, Tamiya acrylic, reacted with the matchpot paint and went distinctly 'orrible. Should show a bit more patience...........!

Bits of one siding do look like the finish I'm aiming for so all is not lost.

Cheers

 

Stu

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marc smith

Ballasting seems to be everyones least fave task!

You're right about the syringe though - it's something iv'e used myself.

You have better control over where the glue lands.

Something else Iv'e taken to doing, is glue the area first, then drop the ballast in place - sounds like it would take longer than the usual method - but it doesn't seem slower to me - plus, I think it's a bit neater, especially when using a syringe.

Nice weathering on the track - it's amazing how much better the track looks once ballasted + weathered!

Cheers :D

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amsie

looks good to me, could you tell me the colour you used to rust the rails? Exactly the look im after for my sidings!

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