BALASTING TRACK on the Union Pacific RR Evanston Sub. HO Scale model train layout in Action S2023e16
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- This video features the first ballast going on the UPRR Evanston Sub.
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Hi Daryl, thanks for the tidbit on loose ballast sitting in the center of concrete ties. I have to ballast a few pieces of concrete tie track this week and probably would have been trying to keep it clean like the wood ties. I checked the area I am modeling on Google maps and it has the same look, a small bit of ballast in the center. Nice work!
Thanks, good luck.
Awesome Daryl 😎, nice ballasting, you must buy the ballast by the carton or pallet 😊
I get the canister size fine ballast by Woodland Scenics. Lombard Hobby has the best prices.
HI DARULY Looks great thx for the post.😊😊👍👍
Welcome!
Spraying with water is to help with the capillary action of the diluted white glue...though it appears that now the medium of choice is IPA(isopropyl alcohol) vs the old school method of adding dish soap to water.
Love your ballast spreader. Using alcohol instead of water will greatly reduce your 30 hour drying time.
Thank you Daryl. Love your work. My wife and I end our Sunday evenings with your weekly update.
That's cool. Glad you enjoyed it
Looks great! I had seen the dispenser advertised, but didn't know if it works. Sure looks like it does.
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For some reason AOL usually gets rid of any comments I make but here I go. I always will find out where the tunnel will be and I will ballast these areas first so the entrance to the tunnel will be ballasted and this is so much easier. I also use the school white glue and never have had any problems with the slight shine...I love the fact that it is water soluable in case I want to change any track. I like your ballasted track. If I had any problems with the track it would be that I feel that this kind of track is just to high. I have lived in Laramie and have seen a lot of track and the base seems to be more shallow than I see here.
I'm not modelling around Laramie. This is in the Echo and Weber canyons. The height of the track is appropriate for these areas. I am not using the higher roadbed for the Wyoming areas of the layout.
@@EvanstonSub That's fine but I still don't like the height of the road bed... But that's my problem...
Great job with your Ballast. Come and do mine!!!!! Mike HO from Aussie
I've plenty to do here.
Looking good!
Use small fans. They will speed up the drying time in half.
Nah, I don't mean ND waiting.
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hello daryl it's is randy and i like yours video is cool thanks friends randy
Thanks
Looking good
Thanks
Thanks Daryl , real helpful tips on ballasting and it’s looking fantastic 👍🇦🇺
To bad that spreader didn't have coupler on it and a few of the engines dragging it along, to help spread the ballast out on the layout.
Would be cool to do it that way if the spreader would do more than 15 inches at a time.
Guess that’s a good reason to scratch build something.
Your layout start to look sooooo Wyoming.
That's the idea, thanks.
Are you going to buy Union Pacific Steam engines
I have a challenger on pre-order
If there was some way you could hook it up to the train and let it do the work that would be cool 😏
Looks great.
Appreciate it
Really turned out well! Looks fantastic! Nice job Daryl - thanks for sharing 🤠
You're welcome
INCREDIBLE! You're a ballasting machine!
Cool!
Excellent work, bud!!
Thanks, dude
@@EvanstonSub 😂
Looks great! Keep up the good work!
I'll try. Thank you
Excellent job on the ballasting, Daryl. I think I may have to get a ballasting tool since it looks so easy use. When you add the static grass, are you planning on adding some in the ballast to make it look like the ballast has been there a bit (more natural), or are you going to keep the ballast baren/clean of plants or weeds?
From what i can see from pictures, the UP keeps weeds down to a minimum withing 15 feet of the track. I'll have to take some more pictures this summer when I'm out there to see for sure.
Your railroad just gets better each week. At the control points, do you ballast on the tracks just the outside or none at all?
I'll be ballasting the entire CP including the turnouts. Should be fun!
Hi Daryl, that really finishes the great job you're doing !
thanks
Not sure if you considered it or not but we did a water/glue mixture for our club so we don’t have to soak the layout when we glued
what type of powder glue did you use?
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That tool makes ballasting a lot easier. Thanks for sharing.
Yes, it worked out better than I expected.
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Hi,daryl!enjoyed your ,,midnight show,, as usual.,you might as well have twice weekly.great going with that ballasf dispenser! As im doing more or less the same scenes but of course in ,,n,, scale i was wondering about that extra tunnel on the high line youve included, on my ,,train hopping,, and ,,big boy animation,, videos i notice theres a tunnel on the low line between curvo and wahsatch.,not referring to the abandoned bore.maybe you could give us some info on these
?? Much obliged.
I kind of swapped that around due to it simply working out better in the space and for viewing layout. The tunnel on the original mainline hides a sharp 36" curve. All other curves on the layout are 42" to 60"
@@EvanstonSub thanks pal! Mystery cleared.kee on with posting,enjoying every moment
Awesome to see the layout up and running.
It sure is
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I have a similar unit, another company makes a brush unit that you run after the spreader to remove most of the ballast off the ties, but looks like no longer made. It appears they added a brush to their spreader, Golden Valley Hobbies a UK company. Tapping the rails can also move ballast off the ties and rails.
For me nothing works better than fingers! When I have used brushes, they seem to remove too much ballast and then I have to add more back.
@@EvanstonSub The brushes on this unit are set at around tie height, so when you push it along the track it just brushes off at that height.
Cool
Fantastic work
Appreciate it
You will need some snow fence for the true Wyoming look.
Great idea. Do they keep them up all year? They take them down in the spring here in Illinois.
@@EvanstonSub They keep them up all year. I have a photo of one, can't seem to post it here.
I think I have some pictures. When I'm out there this summer, I'll be sure to research them.
looking good. Your layout is coming along nicely. I am enjoying watching it come together.
Great! Thanks
Nice job Daryl it is looking good, ballast makes a big difference
I agree
Great looking work as it moves along further! Followed your N Scale layout as well. Now all you need to finish up everything is a good weathering guy like myself to realistically weather up the rolling stock!
You're hired.
@@EvanstonSub sounds good Daryl, send me a link I can reach you at, and I’ll send along a gallery of my work I’ve done for my layout and others
Love it….
Thanks
Looks great Daryl, what a difference ballast makes too. It turned out really good, glad I'm not the only one who uses my fingernails to knockdown ballast! 😆- Steve
Really gives you a feel for what's happening.
@@EvanstonSub it does, what grey did you use for the concrete ties after painting the rails brown?
I mixed the paint to match the concrete color of the me track don't remember the ratio
Looking Awesome
Thanks
IMO. I have always looked forward to ballisting, as it makes the track look like a railroad, & looks complete. That machine looks like it does a good job, too.The prototype, always looks fairly "manacured" but as long as it looks good, overall, it will be fine. Nobody is ever going to look over your empire, & say that piece of ballist, just there, dosnt look right. As long as the OVERALL effect is right, Your ballisting does look right. I picked up a few tips, as I will soon be "in that boat", & honesyly. I cant wait. Thanks Daryl. Michael NZ
Thanks. I too always look forward to the final impact of the track being ballasted. It's just doing the actual ballasting that I did not enjoy. HO is much easier than N scale. So, not so bad this time around.
Oh Snap!!! It’s coming together I’m so happy for your progress
Me too!
Beautifull job ! Will you remove the nails that hold the tracks after it's completely dry ?
Actually, I removed them before I started ballasting. I went through all the track to make sure everything was aligned perfectly and then glued with CA each place where a nail was. Nail holes are completely invisible.
Looking good Daryl - try a small fan - 6-9" it will help dry the ballast faster - usually overnight ..
I may try that next time.
Great video...
thanks
Daryl, the ballast really brought it to life, so to speak, now everything you add is going to be icing on the cake so to speak. I enjoyed seeing the 2442 trailing in the consist of the mixed manifest. I shot the 2422 in Kansas City, KS in 2009 in very fresh paint.
Very cool
It really is a game changer! Awesome effect. I was wondering why it is the last part of doing the track - That is how it is done in real life, ballast is laid over scenery.
You definitely don't want any of the scenery on the ballast. However, you can put asking tape over the ballast if you need to do any more scenery work. I plan to do that when i add static grass.