[Ballast for 009]

Thank you for all your suggestions all of which are most appreciated.  

[Ballast for 009]

The chinchilla dust sounds interesting.  May have to try that as well.

[Ballast for 009]

Thank you for that.  I will try a sample tomorrow.

[Ballast for 009]

I will soon have to start ballasting my latest layout which is based on 009 in an urban setting and looking for recommendations for the best ballast to use.  
Is standard 00 scale oversize or is N scale too small?  Any guidance most welcome.
 

[Tracksetta "N gauge"]

Full set of 9 Tracksetta n/009 templates

Unwanted gift and mostly unopened and all unused and with original packing.

Consisting of : Curves 9", 12", 15", 18", 21", 24", 30", 36",  Straight 10"

Would make a great Xmas gift.

Delivery by courier due to RM strikes.

Priced at £45 inclusive.

UK mainland only

Payment by Paypal (friends and family) or direct bank credit.

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Many thanks Martin for your prompt posting; it will save me hours of fruitless head scratching and gnashing of teeth.  If there is a particular image I am desperate to see I guess I can always message the OP and hope that he/she responds.

 

 

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I have tried numerous different browsers and even copied the image URL and gone direct but it seems I am unable to view any "within-post" images. Any ideas as to what I can try?

Thanx in anticipation.

[Wiring the Seep PM1]

Thank you BoD for your suggestion but both ends of the wire are attached with the wire bridging the frog.  It was 2012 when I last wired one and I seem to remember that that there were gaps in some of the rails as well so I may dig out a pic of an old point and kitbash a new one to match. Wish me luck.

 

[Wiring the Seep PM1]

Hello fellow modellers, Hope you have all had a productive weekend as far as modelling goes at least..
Some help please on wiring the seep pm1 to peco electrofrog points.
The last time I wired one up, some years back I admit, the points had a single loose wire leading from the frog which connected directly to terminal f on the seep.
I am just about to wire some new points, electro not uni, and see that the loose wire has been replaced by a fixed u-shape wire. Do I just tap off this wire and connect to the f terminal or do I need to doctor the wire somehow ?
Thank you in advance.

[N gauge ballast]

14 minutes ago, spikey said:

Funnily enough, i bought a tub of "Tiny Friends Farm chinchilla bathing sand" at the weekend, intent upon using it to surface part of my 00 goods yard.  FWIW it strikes me as a good colour for virgin ballast and generally of a very usable size for N gauge.  It looks to be ideal for my application as supplied, but I reckon it would benefit from having the very fine dust sieved out for ballasting.

 

I don't know if it varies much between brands, and have yet to find out for myself how it glues, which isn't a whole lot of help to you really.  But £3-something gets you a kilo of it from any pet supplies shop, so it's got to be worth trying for yourself.

Thank you spikey, that is really helpful and i may well take a trip to the local pet shop and splash out for a bag and do a few tests.  i didn't realise it was so cheap. 

 

[N gauge ballast]

Hi guys,

New member here.

I normally use Jarvis ballast on my n-gauge layouts which I think seems a little bit oversize. Someone has suggested using chinchilla dust and I am wondering if anyone has experience of using this and if so what do they think of it?  How easy is it to work with eg weathering and fixing in place?

Alternatively, can anyone recommend a n-scale ballast that "looks right".

I am shortly to start laying track on a new layout and would like to get the ballast spot on this time.

Thank you in anticipation.