B.B.M.1930s: How to Ballast and Weather Track to Look Like the Real Thing (Weinert "Mein Gleis")
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- Use Rolf Weinert´s "Mein Gleis" track, to scale fine ballast in different colors and the right blend of umbra pigments to get the best looking model railroad track ever.
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This is the best weathering and ballasting work I have ever seen
This is among the most realistic model railway track I've ever seen. Great job
Thank you for taking the time to make this video and share your technique with everyone. Great job!
Excellent modeling tutorial!
The texture and the color of both the trackwork and ballast is exquisite!
Thank you for all your great modeling work!
The best track weathering on TH-cam!
As an HO model train enthusiast here in the United States, I really how you made the tracks look authentic. For a junction, I had to make my own switch tracks for the tracks to fit right in a small area. I soldered the frogs and guard rails, and used a piece of hacksaw blade to cut out enough for the wheel flanges pass through.
Superb. When you showed some track at the beginning I thought you were going to say "Here is the real thing that we are going to try to model".
EXACTLY what I thought too! Most realistic model track I've ever seen!
I too thought the first shot was of real track. Best I've seen. Rail colour and ballast mix the most convincing.
Gasp! Stunning track....why don't I see these videos until after I've ballasted my own track! Curses!
thats some dam good looking track boss!
Its so good it makes one feel inferior by comparison!
Superb.
Bob (UK)
Beautiful work. Thank you for sharing.
Ron, did you base your weather and ballast video on this? I just watched yours and it seems we were both inspired!
About to do the same for the first time and want to get it right.
Great job! Amazing results! Keep posting!
Your talent is amazing! Wondrous!
Thanks for uploading! This is fantastic craftsmanship with a tremendous result.
Thank you very much for doing this channel and sharing your experience.
I really enjoyed that. The finished effect you achieved was excellent. Thank you for showing us how you did it.
Very good, most realistic, by far the best I've seen. Love the texture colours in the ballast. Thank you.
Wow. Such an amazing result. Nice work!
You are so talented... and patient!!!! Great work!!!
Thank you for sharing this video. It makes ballasting look so simple especially the technique you use. I'll be using your technique for my next ballasting episode on my layout.
That's the best video on ballasting I've ever seen. Excellent sir...!!!
The best video I have seen so far on how to ballast track. Well done and thanks for the tips.
Beautifully narrated and some excellent tips thank you. The end result Is magnificent!
Extremely well done. Proper ballast size, the colour of it all etc. And it's wonderful to see the completed thing. Looks very realistic. Congratulations. Looking forward for more videos from you. All the best, Rafael.
Excellent video, thank you
Now that's some of the best track weathering and ballasting I've ever seen.
Outstanding Tutorial. A standard of modelling I wish to aspire too. Have saved this for reference when I come to ballast my track. Thank you for the inspiration
Thank you for sharing, this looks great.
Excellent work, really neat work
Great product the fish plate from Weinert. Will be looking into those.
Wonderful work !
Excellent work sir !!!!!!!!.
Outstanding!
Thank you very much for showing us your fantastic technique on this. I am going to do my first railway track diorama, I do learn a lot from you. Really appreciated.
Beautiful job !
From Australia. Thanks for the idea to make individual brushes for evening out balast.
Cheers
Liam
Hello,
This my first look at your videos and this trackwork is really superb. So realistic. Thanks for the good advice. I look forward to trying these techniques myself.
Thanks again,
Bob
Just found your video. Perfect... thank you!👍
Incredible work. It looks..... real !!
very proffesional film. thank you. it looks great.
Wow great job
Very good video! Thanks!
Very nice, thank you.
Veramente stupendo! Complimenti ancora! Ciao Angelo
I really enjoyed this. Very good results
On a par with special cinema effects!
Superb!
Hi Alex, 2024 and this is still the best scale ballast laying method, since you originally presented this episode back in 2018.
Since then I’ve looked at and thought about different options, but the result is sub standard, so I’m here again looking how it needs to be done if you want the prototypical finish.
Creating the correct ballast, in your other episode, underpins the perfect result.
Best regards
All N the detail 👍thx
This is brilliant modeling.
The best ballasting video that I’ve seen.
Tidiest ballasting I’ve ever seen. Well done.
Looks like the real thing. Perfect!
Great technique!
Great work
A true legend wow. Best I ever saw. Thank you :)
Wow looks amazing
Great informative video keep up the great videos as they’re helpful even tho I have 20+ years of modelling skills and it’s always good to learn new techniques
👍🏻😊😊
Che dire, tutto perfettamente realizzato, promette bene.
Penso che ne uscirà un capolavoro.
Ciao
Massimo
Thanks for sharing your use of velour is a technique I'll be taking up
Awsome job congats!
Wow that’s some awesome looking track you have there. Thanks for sharing I liked and subbed to your channel
great video, great suggestions/tools, beautiful craftsmanship, never heard of that track supplier... very precise and high quality... wish they made north american track... thank you
So muss das!
Nice effect. I shall try your broom tool for sure
Terrific !
A really interesting and well presented tutorial, thank you very much for sharing your expertise with us. Your track and ballast looks excellent, I will try your methods soon as I am in the process of rebuilding my layout. Thank you. I have subscribed to your channel. Vivian.
very good
Nice job Rolf...!
Thanks, Rolf Weinert did definitely a great job by creating the "Mein Gleis" track system I´m using. In this video I missed to say my name: Alex. Thanks Cameron!
Sorry Alex... Great job...!
@@BBM1930s
WOW!!! thank's for sharing :o)
Perfect.
Thanks for the video and now you can come and do my ballast!! lol!!
Perfect
great, very interesting, my contrats
Wonderbar! Beautiful workmanship, very realistic. I just can't get the ambition to do all that tie painting, etc. My layout will be on a 5' x 16' train board, with over 200' of track. I'm 73 so I don't think I would live to see it. LOL Cheers, Bob
wow ......
A beautiful job and well done. I like the idea of the latex glue. Also after I've painted and scraped the rail tops I then scrape the rounded insides on top of the rail. Just makes electrical contact a little better on the root radius of the wheels.
Did you use N scale ballast? Also, the track looks like that made by Tillig is that so? The turnouts are very nice indeed!
Thanks, Peter. Yes, I used N scale ballast 0,2-0,6mm grain size from www.gleisschotterschmiede.de „Gleisschotter Basalt Spur N/TT 0,2-0,6mm Koernung“ and „Gleisschotter erdbraun Spur N/TT 0,2-0,6mm Koernung“ I colored, see my video: th-cam.com/video/YXN7jrZd8qI/w-d-xo.html
It's all track and turnouts from Weinert Modellbau, Germany, named "Mein Gleis": www.mein-gleis.de. See also my video: th-cam.com/video/HLbJxtjh8po/w-d-xo.html
Wow, very impressive weathering and ballasting. I just finished watching your video on coloring the ballast and may I ask what mixture did you use for this video.
Hi Twinengines,
Thanks. I used fine ballast from www.gleisschotterschmiede „Gleisschotter Basalt Spur N/TT 0,2-0,6mm Koernung“ and „Gleisschotter erdbraun Spur N/TT 0,2-0,6mm Koernung“. The colors used to stain are ivory to brighten up the dark grey of the Basalt ballast and burnt umbra to add weathering to both of the ballast types.
Best
Alex
wow
Super job applying your ballast. The most realistic looking result I’ve seen in a long time. What brand of ballast do you use?
Thanks Joseph. I used N scale ballast 0,2-0,6mm grain size from www.gleisschotterschmiede.de „Gleisschotter Basalt Spur N/TT 0,2-0,6mm Koernung“ and „Gleisschotter erdbraun Spur N/TT 0,2-0,6mm Koernung“ I colored, see my video: th-cam.com/video/YXN7jrZd8qI/w-d-xo.html
Cosmos!
Hi great tutorial and effects you have achieved. Is your ballast pre coloured to the brown you have got? Thank you.
Thanks Julian! Yes, I pre coloured the ballast separately in different shades of brown and then mixed them together. Take a look at my tutorial to see how easy it is:
th-cam.com/video/YXN7jrZd8qI/w-d-xo.html.
Best,
Alex.
Hello. This is the best tutorial on track painting I have seen. I am sorry to repeat almost the same questions that Riccardo Saverri and Jan Kochanowski asked. When airbrushing the track, I have the Vallejo Leather Brown and only have craft paints. If I do not use the pigments and powder, what do you suggest for additional craft paints to add to the Vallejo? Were you trying to lighten or darken the Vallejo? Adding acrylic Burnt Umber would make it darker. Burnt Sienna would make it lighter. Would you use a 50-50 mix? Or just a little to slightly change the Vallejo? Thank you.
Hi Gary, thanks a lot. The original Vallejo leather brown just needs to become flat because it isn't out of the jar. Frequently used rails are a bit darker und more brown, sidings with low traffic are more rust reddish. Powder pigments make the leather brown flat. Alternatively add mat varnish, maybe starting with 20% varnish.
Best, Alex
What brand of track is that?! It looks incredible!
That's german model maker Weinert Modellbau, "Mein Gleis", see also my other video: th-cam.com/video/HLbJxtjh8po/w-d-xo.html
This was fantastic! Thank you so much. Would you say that the brown ballast is more prototypical for Bavaria? I have seen mixed of red ballast as well.
Thanks Craig, the region here in this modelled section is southern Baden at the swiss border at Basel. For the ballast color mix I followed color photos from the 1950s. The brown is basically old break dust. The new layed ballast back in 1914, when the new Badischer Bahnhof was opened, seems to be bright gray almost white on old b/w photos. I didn't research historical ballast for Bavaria, the current ballast is shades of bright to dark, warm grey.
@@BBM1930s thank you so much for your response! This kind of information is hard to find, especially here in the US. So glad I came across your channel!
Beautiful track work and finishing. Is there a specific brand of ballast you prefer?
Absolutely, I use the excellent, almost dustfree and unexpensive fine ballast of gleisschotterschmiede.de. Have a look at my video about ballast: th-cam.com/video/YXN7jrZd8qI/w-d-xo.html
absolut top, nur ein kleiner Verbesserungsvorschlag: an den Herzstücken dürfen die nicht befahrbaren Schienen nicht blank sein...
Vielen Dank! Absolut richtig, inzwischen brüniere ich diese Oberflächen, denn ein Farbaufstrich wird beim nächsten Gleisputzen sofort abgewischt.
Ciao Alex, complimenti per la realizzazione, veramente realistico!! Ho una domanda da farti....potresti spiegarmi bene come mischiare i colori, oltre al vallejo gli altri sono polveri? Cosa è la matting powder? Grazie e ancora complimenti, sei bravissimo!
Ciao Riccardo, mille grazie per l'apprezzamento. Esatto, sono pigmenti in polvere molto in uso per il weathering. Più in giù ho risposto ad un certo jan kochanowski con dei link riguardo al matting agent. Matt varnish+pigmento in polvere + Klucel E sono insuperabili come effetto opaco. Comunque anche senza Klucel E, creando quasi un'impasto anziché colore liquido tra il matt varnish ed il pigmento in polvere, si ottiene 90% dell'effetto.
Brilliant! What's the reference of the ballast?
Thanks! I used N scale ballast 0,2-0,6mm grain size from www.gleisschotterschmiede.de „Gleisschotter Basalt Spur N/TT 0,2-0,6mm Koernung“ and „Gleisschotter erdbraun Spur N/TT 0,2-0,6mm Koernung“ I colored, see my video: th-cam.com/video/YXN7jrZd8qI/w-d-xo.html
Great JOB!!! What kind of fabric do you use? Regards
Thanks, grazie Claudio. I guess you are asking for the manufacturers of track and ballast:
Track: www.mein-gleis.de/
Ballast: www.Gleisschotterschmiede.de
Take a look at this videos:
Track: th-cam.com/video/HLbJxtjh8po/w-d-xo.html
Ballast: th-cam.com/video/YXN7jrZd8qI/w-d-xo.html
In case you mean the fabric of the broom it´s short fiber velours.
Hi! well done :-) Unfortunatelly I can not find good reviews of H0 locomotives from Roco, Fleichmann, Trix. I am espetially interested in steam engines, but good reviews I saw for 00 gauge: for example sams trains, jennifer e kirk and so on. Mayby you know where I can find so good reviews of H0 locomotivs? to see how well its runs on slow speed, how loud it is, how well detailed, build quality... Best regards
Thanks! There some reviews here (in german, but a lot of footage: MSL-TV Testberichte: th-cam.com/play/PLcAzWtkyH6Ha9Oe7MesA5AY-JJrQCnyzU.html
Hi Alex. Beautiful work. Time consuming, but clearly worth the extra effort.
When you refer to 'wetting' or 'wetted water' do you mean water with dish soap liquid, water and (for example) isopropyl alcohol (IPA), or just isopropyl alcohol (IPA)?
Thanks! Yes, water with some dish soap would do the job. I use wetting agent for classic photography to avoid unnecessary substances from the dish soap in the mix.
@@BBM1930s Danke schön
What did you use for ballast? It's a great color.
I colored fine grey ballast, see my video how to do it: th-cam.com/video/YXN7jrZd8qI/w-d-xo.html
Looks so real! By the way if I may ask what brand, colour and size of ballast are you using?
Thanks, I use ballast ballast from "Gleisschotterschmiede", see links below, and colour it the way I show in this video:
th-cam.com/video/YXN7jrZd8qI/w-d-xo.html
gleisschotterschmiede.de/shop/
ebay.de/usr/wtbtschunkert
@@BBM1930s Thank you sir for the reply and comments.
A beautiful result, well worth all the time it must have taken. The trackwork looks extremely realistic. Do your point lanterns rotate as the points change?
No, they don't. For two reasons: I found it is just too intricate and excessively time consuming to adjust them to align exactly 0°-90°. Furthermore turning laterns are only available as quite expensive kits. So to my regret I decided to have static laterns.
@@BBM1930s Hi again, Alex.
Your reply here answers the question that I was about to ask. Thank you.
Which manufacturers offer the turning lantern kits?
Steve.
Hi Steve, the lanterns are made by german Auhagen, „Weichenlaternenattrappen“ or „Signal point indicators“ part no. 41618, pack of 6. They are dummy, but ready to install, in perfect scale and nicely sharp edged. I realise now Auhagen has rised the price, too bad.
Best, Alex.
@@WaveMaker124 Weinert make moving ones, as well as illuminated ones. They are expensive. In the past you used to be able to get dummy point lanterns from Arnold: despite being for N gauge, they were about right for HO. I think they were made to fit into Arnold point motors, but I put them into small lengths of tube in the baseboard, so they could be turned to the right direction for photographs. The Arnold ones weren't as detailed as the Auhagen ones that Alex mentions, but were good enough. I imagine it would be relatively easy to 3D print them.
@@WaveMaker124 I once built one of these Weinert Gleissperre and lantern: it was probably the fiddliest kit I ever built, but I got it working, though it didn't work as nicely as this: th-cam.com/video/ROrV54E29_k/w-d-xo.html (in case the link doesn't post, that's youtu . be / ROrV54E29_k).
What brand of tracks did you use?
It's all "Mein Gleis" from Weinert Modellbau, take a look at the video here to learn more: th-cam.com/video/HLbJxtjh8po/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
Hi. You are not happy wit ready matt paints and you add some matting agend. But what it is? I make tests with Revell Aqua and I have the same observation: this matt is a little bit satin, but what kind of matting agend should I add?
Hi Jan,
there are several options. As mentioned in the video, I create my own paint by mixing pigments (pouder) with a matt medium, e.g. vallejo matt varnish. I discovered that by adding some "Klucel E", see link below, it gets even more matt.
If you use ready liquid paint, than add some "matting pouder, germ. Mattierungspulver", found at elita.de, see link below. Finally, a couple of weeks ago, I found "ak ultra matt varnish". Airbrush that varnish over finished models and everything become super flat.
Links:
shop.elita.de/epages/ElitaModelleShop.mobile/de_DE/?ObjectID=4457851
www.kremer-pigmente.com/de/klucel-e-63700.html
Ciao e innanzitutto complimenti per l’ottimo lavoro che stai realizzando. Avrei una domanda da porti.
Hai applicato un brunitore sulla superficie di rotolamento del fungo delle rotaie? Hanno un colore diverso da quelle che ho io sempre di Weinert.
Grazie mille.
Enzo.
Ciao Enzo, grazie del complimento! Non ho applicato nessun brunitore. La superficie di rotolamento è perfettamente lucida come l´intera rotaia prima di qualsiasi trattamento (è della inglese Peco Code 75). Il colore in cui appare sulle foto e nel filmato è dato dal colore e dalla luminosità di tutto ciò che si trova sullo sfondo e che si rispecchia sulla superficie. Per aumentare l´effetto realistico ho piazzato uno sfondo azzurro dietro quella zona del piazzale che crea un´argento bluastro sulla rotaia come al vero, dove si riflette il cielo azzurro. In controluce o con il "cielo" classico di una soffitta bianca in casa la superficie appare molto più chiara.
I profili delle rotaie sono Peco? Quindi Weinert usa i profili Peco per i suoi binari?
Esatto! Si tratta della rotaia IL-3 PECO Code 75 della serie Fine Trackage System. È alta 1,90mm. Tutti gli elementi di Weinert "Mein Gleis" sono fatti con questa rotaia. Weinert è anche il rivenditore ufficiale di prodotti PECO in Germania.
Hallo, was für eine Schotter Mischung nimmst du und welche größe und Hersteller. Das sieht sehrgut aus.
Hallo Lena, die Mischung besteht aus selber eingefärbtem Schotter:
Größe: Korngröße 0,2-0,6mm, wird oft als Schotter für Spur N verkauft, entspricht aber maßstäblich exakt der damals und auch heute üblichen Schottergröße für 1:87. In Anschlussgleisen und BWs ist auch Korngröße 0,1-0,3mm perfekt, oft als Spur Z Schotter verkauft.
Schottersorte: Basalt und Granit erdbraun. Jeweils mit "Elfenbein" und "Umbra gebrannt" Acrylfarbe nass gefärbt und trocknen gelassen, gesiebt. In einem meiner nächsten Videos zeige ich die simple Prozedur.
Bezugsquelle: Auf Ebay.de der Shop "Gleisschotterschmiede" von Wolfgang Tschunkert. Absolute Empfehlung. Top Qualität, extrem guter Preis, superschneller Versand.
In einigen Bereichen habe ich auch ein wenig ungefärbten "Diabasschotter H0 fein" von ASOA verwendet.
Hallo Lena, habe inzwischen ein Video darüber gemacht: th-cam.com/video/YXN7jrZd8qI/w-d-xo.html
It looks real