Sunday, 10 April 2016

HIGHBALL Products Ballast

I did get the last three bags of cinders from ex-Doug's Trains.
Over the past few weeks I have been trying to track down some extra cinder ballast by Highball Products for finishing off my Bellows Falls yards. Through our local hobby shop I found Walthers does not stock it anymore. When I went looking for the Highball web site...it was nowhere to be seen. I then heard second hand that they closed down...not sure if true...but if you use Highball you best scoop it up now. I did have enough ballast to finish my yard by cutting back a bit on the applications. Since then I found three bags at the just reopened Doug's Trains, now called Pete's Trains. Doug's supply of Highball ballast I have used before...it is large and coarse which needs to be ground down a bit before use. It must have been packaged wrong. Guess it will have to do for future projects until I find a product that I like...George Dutka
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  1. John Bruce10 April 2016 at 14:58

    Arizona Rock and Mineral ballast is comparable -- Walthers doesn't carry it, but you can get it direct.

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    1. George Dutka10 April 2016 at 17:47

      Thanks John for the heads up...will look into that product as an alternate...George

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  2. Unknown10 April 2016 at 17:17

    Good afternoon George.

    Action Hobbies Kingsville have some of the Highball Products in stock. Go see their website and you might find what you are looking for.

    Marc.

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    1. George Dutka10 April 2016 at 17:46

      Hi Marc:
      Noted Action Hobbies had some black in Z scale some time ago...might look into that again...talked to Don Janes today...he also is using HIGHBALL cinders on his layout...will pass the note along to him also...thank...George

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