Welcome, follow along with George Dutka in his journal which documents the additions and future thoughts for the HO scale White River Division model railroad and to his continuing historical New England railroad research. The White River Division is now in its 17th modeler's season. The "modeler's season" runs from November to April each year. Inspiration comes from the Boston and Maine, Rutland and Central Vermont Railway during the 1950's with additional posts by Don Janes and Peter Mumby.
Monday 9 October 2023
Ballasting
Having some fun during a ballasting project!
I set up this shot the other day while building test modules for ballasting...that's blended ballast from Scenic Express. Happy Thanksgiving...George Dutka
I tried that stuff but it was too "sparkley" (for lack of a better term) so I chose something else. Maybe once secured with matte medium it would be less shiny, but I couldn't take it.
I did not find any shine to it once my mix of white glue and water was applied. Your right it might be a bit bright when once applied but tones down a lot once glued in place. I find this with other ballasts too. George
Maybe, but whatever color blend I got had a lot of what looked like ground quartz mixed in. It was super shiny, and my glue solution didn't help. However, it could be whatever batch you got also came from a different batch of rocks too.
Hi Ben I will take a close up photo of the track ballasted and post when I get a chance. Yes the ballast could vary from batch to batch such as paint...George
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I tried that stuff but it was too "sparkley" (for lack of a better term) so I chose something else. Maybe once secured with matte medium it would be less shiny, but I couldn't take it.
ReplyDeleteI did not find any shine to it once my mix of white glue and water was applied. Your right it might be a bit bright when once applied but tones down a lot once glued in place. I find this with other ballasts too. George
DeleteMaybe, but whatever color blend I got had a lot of what looked like ground quartz mixed in. It was super shiny, and my glue solution didn't help. However, it could be whatever batch you got also came from a different batch of rocks too.
DeleteWhat sort of ballast are you using?
ReplyDeleteHi Ben I will take a close up photo of the track ballasted and post when I get a chance. Yes the ballast could vary from batch to batch such as paint...George
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