Charlie b's layout

[Charlie B]

I looked at some turnouts up here and the ballast at the switch throw rods seemed not to be higher than the bottom of the sleepers. It might take a strip of coarse sandpaper to replicate this.

I never ballasted the ties under the switch points so we would have room for snow when it fell. It made clearing the switches a lot easier. Not a problem on the Wilderson division but that was why I didn't do it with the prototype.  Even a piece of ballast in the points will keep them from closing so you had to be careful. I think some flat black paint will look OK, too late to put anything under. 
Charlie