MARK HOLLAND, our shop manager, has had lots of enquiries about track ballasting. Here we look back on previous articles which deal with this subject.
One question that we've had a lot recently, both on the phone and in our shop, is "what is the best way to ballast track?" It does seem that a lot of modellers have taken to laying track as their 'lockdown project' so we thought that for any new readers or modellers we would take a look at various ways of laying ballast as well as generally making your track look realistic.
In this article, Matt Lovell looks at a traditional way of ballasting, using a basic glue/washing up liquid method.
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Craig Weatherley looks at how to use this Deluxe Materials product.
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Below are two videos explaining how to use both Ballast Magic and Ballast Bond:
In this article I look at our N and OO/HO Scale track ballasting aids, which can be used in conjunction with most methods of ballasting.
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Martin Lovell has written two articles about what to do once the ballast is laid. These articles will give you ideas on how to make your track look more realistic.
James Hickman looks at techniques that can be used on Kato Unitrack (or any pre-ballasted track).
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Hopefully these articles will be useful to you during your lockdown projects and please let us know if you would like more anthology articles like this!