05-31-2014, 03:50 PM
I temporarily removed the grain elevator to ballast the siding. When I ballast track, I'm careful to paint short yellow stripes on the rail above any Kadee 308 magnets:
The prototype paints stripes like these on rail for various reasons. I use them to mark where the uncoupling magnet is.
The D&RGW had basically two shades of ballast on its narrow gauge lines. Arizona Rock and Mineral makes both. One is a volcanic red, which I'm using here:
I wet the ballast with water from a spray bottle (a few drops of detergent added as a wetting agent), spray thoroughly, and then drizzle white glue over the ballast. Then, as applicable, I add Woodland Scenics turf. When it's dry, I go over the railheads with a bright boy.
The prototype paints stripes like these on rail for various reasons. I use them to mark where the uncoupling magnet is.
The D&RGW had basically two shades of ballast on its narrow gauge lines. Arizona Rock and Mineral makes both. One is a volcanic red, which I'm using here:
I wet the ballast with water from a spray bottle (a few drops of detergent added as a wetting agent), spray thoroughly, and then drizzle white glue over the ballast. Then, as applicable, I add Woodland Scenics turf. When it's dry, I go over the railheads with a bright boy.