BosKonay

I'm trying a few ballasting methods on Amiens Street, so thought I'd post a few 'how tos' Here is a method I call 'Glue and Drop' 1 - Prep your foam/cork underlay and track as normal (I drill for the dropper at this point, etc). 2 - Plaster the underlay entirely with copydex / foam tack glue. i use a small glue spreader and 'paint' the foam sides and all under the track. Then lay the track on the glue. I use this opportunity to also add back in any cosmetic sleepers. 3 - Dump ballast liberally over the lot, and use a finger / small black of wood to tamp it down. 4- Weight the track down so it sets in shape and level Fast forward 24 hours. 5 - Remove the weights and use a small hand held or computer vacuum to remove the excess ballast. All done PRO: - It's a one step process, and as I am gluing the track down anyway, it's making laying, ballasting, cosmetic sleep repair all one job - It's very neat, as ballast will only stick where you plaster the glue - I'm using this method for points, just not applying glue to the moving tie area - You use a LOT less ballast CON: - Ballast only sticks to the glue, so you don't get much 'depth' You might want to go over the area again with the traditional dropper method to model fresh ballast or deeper ballast. Any feedback or thoughts let me know!

Me too :)

At the moment model shop Belfast are your best bet. What difficulties are you having?

I'm sure there will be lots of tweaks and tunes as I go alright All part of the fun Got no time at all over the weekend, so hoping for a run of a few hours this week to get the mainline over to the viaduct at least

excellent!

Just stunning!! Sound makes such a difference!

Once the loop and branches are done, the plan is a hidden helix down 6-7 inches with a 8x20 foot road fiddle through to a dart suburban station in a cutting but that's next year

Reverse shunt point 'corrected' Nothing some superglue and brute force couldn't fix

Was just watching that! I am experimenting with ikea light strips too

Hi bsmodelmaker - if you can upload them here, it would be a great service!

Just noticed http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=251199896457

Cough Indeed, there is a point in that formation where i think the chairs melted a little when soldering. The result is that the frog check rail is a half mil out of alignment, will have to fix

Cheers Tommy Here's that video

Couple of quick snaps with some overviews / progress. I'll start a new thread for the ballasting methods I'm now using... Am also uploading a quick video of 071 shunting Tara Mines wagons in the station....

:drool::drool: I'm off now to the online cash-n-carry to buy the 'super deluxe jaw drop emoticon collection, now with more jaw drops'!

Sorry for your loss Anthony, thoughts are with you and your family.

Exactly.

Certainly boggles the mind. You could see Virgin darts, dbschenker 201s pulling freight.... Shudder.

Gorgeous!! Is that fresh ballast I spy below?

I, for one, welcome our new DB overlords

Glenderg felt it was suitably dark and foreboding for a Irish terminus

A Guinness Ad actually From 2005 - 'roughly' when the layouts primary Era is set

Didn't get a chance to grab a video (sorry 201, sick kids!) but did pick up a mini hoover Will lay a single slip tomorrow with the new 'plaster the glue and ballast in one step' method and take photos of each step. The crossing i tried has been cleaned and vacuumed and I'm thrilled with the results - just sorry I laid the throat without knowing how to do it first!