03-01-2011, 09:44 PM
Randy, on my steep ballast, I think I was using too much glue all at once. I used plenty of alcohol to wet the ballast down, and the glue soaks in well. I think what I was doing wrong was putting on too much glue too fast. As I went back and forth with the glue, occasionally a spot of ballast would turn loose and slide down the slope, like a mud slide.
Tonight, I did some ballasting in front of the white bank building, on a steep slope, and I took my time with the glue. I waited a minute or so between applications, which allowed the glue to soak in and spread, so that subsequent glue applications didn't build up and make the slope slide down.
On painting the backs of the rails, well, there are a few places I will do that, but there are a bunch of places where
Tonight, I did some ballasting in front of the white bank building, on a steep slope, and I took my time with the glue. I waited a minute or so between applications, which allowed the glue to soak in and spread, so that subsequent glue applications didn't build up and make the slope slide down.
On painting the backs of the rails, well, there are a few places I will do that, but there are a bunch of places where