First time ballasting in 20+ years, little sloppy, the pile near the rear of the reefer is to hide wiring…
Yearly Archives: 2013
So, currently, I have 5 Micro-Trains cars, 2 Fox Valley boxcars, an Intermountain reefer and a BLMA hopper. Looks wise, the BLMA hopper is an 11 out of 10. When I finally get around to weathering my cars, this might be one that I can’t touch. It looks perfect. When […]
freight car musings….
it’s been hot, damn hot! I have not wanted to go into the garage, when it is 95 degrees F at 9:00am… *edit* OK, I sucked it up, did more ballasting, willsee theresults tomorrow….
no luck finishing the ballast
This morning I snuck into the garage, and started to place ballast onto the track. Keeping with the MRH $500 challenge, I am using a 35mm film canister to pour the ballast, the same paintbrush that I used to paint my girl’s bedroom to spread the ballast, another brush for […]
Ah, the joys of ballasting
Today, I replaced some track that was not up to my liking, never had a derailment, no stalling, but had a space and a kink that I did not like. As I sat there, removing a milometer of rail to make it perfect, listening to old R&B, I realized, I […]
I am my dad’s son….
I picked up a can of Krylon Camouflage Sand paint to paint the layout and make it look more realistic (lowering the left over budget to $25) before ballasting the track. I also printed out two new buildings to flush out the layout (yes, they look cheap, but just place […]