That air gap between the foot of the rail and the top of the ballast. That is a detail I want from ballasting or laying track. I can not achieve that in a smaller scale (maybe I have and couldn’t… Read More ›
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Monday screwin around
One of my favourite stories starts like: if you give a mouse a cookie. If you stick down some ties you’re going to add rail. And if you stick down rail you’ll want to paint it. So I did. I… Read More ›
Screwin around
I couldn’t help it. I quickly glued some code 55 rail onto those ties and grabbed one of the dump cars “just to see”. Code 55 is really light rail in O scale – 25lbs I believe – so maybe… Read More ›
CTRL+Z would be nice
The urge to do something irreversible and destructive is a part of being curious and, possibly, a part of being creative. “What would happen if I sprayed a light mist of water over the good looking ballast?” That was almost… Read More ›
The ballast update
Thank you for the comments on my previous post on the road grit ballast. My need to create with this remains great and I find it a perplexing material to work it. Sometimes model railroading is a puzzle to solve… Read More ›
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