Ballasting Track with dry cement????? Scenery Help
Joseph Goodrich
again. I am thinking about using the dry ballast cement to cement down my
ballast. If someone could please answer a few questions I would be most
greatful.
1. Do I need to still put white glue on the top of the ballast once in place
and wet. ????
2. Please tell me what the mixture is for the glue and water. ????
3. Please tell me this after painting my plaster and putting on a layer of
ground meterial, do I put more glue and water down then add more grass's etc
or what other method would work best. ??????
Please send detailed instructions ar suggestions I'm new to
scenery thanks Joe
Donald Lodge
<j...@innernet.net> wrote:
Joe,
1. No, you shouldn't need to put any white glue down.
2. I don't know. Didn't you get any directions with the product you are
planning to use? Experiment if you didn't.
3. It depends on what you are modeling. For representing a lawn, no.
For some weeds or other grasses you would probably want to do a second
application. i would recommend that you experiment. Try sample patches
first before doing a large section. Scenery is very forgiving of mistakes
and the material cost is minor. Scenery is the easiest part of model
railroading, but for some reason it freaks many people out.
4. You would be well advised to get a book or some magazine articles on
scenery. Ask your local hobby shop for help, if you have one. If you
don't have a local shop, one possible source would be the Walthers Catalog
web site, <www.walthers.com>. Or call Caboose Hobbies or one of the
other large shops advertised in the magazines.
Good luck!
Don Lodge
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Edward A. Oates
shop. It is with the Woodland Scenics display (I've not yet seen a train
shop without a woodland scencis rack!). The book deals with a large
variety of topics, from ground cover to water features. The products are
all WS ones, but you can generalize the techniques. I found it an
excellent beginner's guide, as well as an ongoing reference for things I
don't do every day.
Ed Oates
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BLowell632
>I know thisa has been answered a million times before but let me ask
>>again. I am thinking about using the dry ballast cement to cement down my
>>ballast. If someone could please answer a few questions I would be most
>>greatful.
Get Weldwood dry powdered glue...it's woodworking glue that comes in a can. Mix
1/3 dry weldwood powder with 2/3 ballast. Lay the ballast and move it around
with a brush, just as you would to get ready for the white glue treatment. Then
hit the track with your spray of water with a slug of detergent in it. That's
it...when it dries, the ballast is stuck down. Also maybe switch points and
other things you didn't intend....
Actually it's not any worse than the white glue method, but I think it's harder
to tear up when you have to move.
Bud Lowell in Rochester NY
Don Dellmann
BLowell632 <blowe...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Actually it's not any worse than the white glue method, but I think it's
harder
> to tear up when you have to move.
I've tried both methods.
The dry method is a little harder to control. Any ballast that gets wet IS
glued down. With the white glue, it's a little easier to control where the
glue goes.
Don
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