Just a quick update to my last blog. Today I placed a bit of finescale track on a board (offcut of laminate flooring) and applied ballast... using techniques contributed through comments to my last entry - so, quicker than before... and then gave it a really good wetting... with it sat on my boys art table in the conservatory where the lino floor is easy to wipe to remove the water/screen wash overspill from - and there was lots. I applied the cement with a pipette and it seemed to work. It seemed that the ballast was still a little dry in places - so I sprayed it again, and carried on. The result wasn't very even... but I then used a small (OOO) brush to tidy up the ballast, pushing it back off the sleepers and patting it down... and flattening it out to remove some voids that appeared, all whilst it was still wet. This was something that I'd not realised that i could do, and it seems ok. OK, so it's not up to the standards of other RMwebbers.... but I'm pleased that I may now know roughly what I need to do next time.
So here's the result
And one with two of my boys wagons placed on it. I really must get some decent wagons for myself someday... maybe some oil wagons would be good for a DMD.
So, thanks for bearing with me on this one... I may finally have got the hang of the basics of this... we'll see next time when I need to cover a larger area:huh:.
Jon
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