How I Ballast My Kato Unitrack

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ต.ค. 2024

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  • @brookingsbeachcomber
    @brookingsbeachcomber ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I do a dirty wash on my unitrack, usually black and rusty on the plastic part and paint the rails then just ballast lightly on the roadbed, I paint the plastic turnouts too

  • @kerry_glock
    @kerry_glock 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks for explaining the bird being in the background. I thought there might be a family pet observing the process.

  • @kerry_glock
    @kerry_glock 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I guess you need to have the Shop Vac at the ready for ballast that gets distributed in the wrong places.

    • @ElJefeNScale-dj2wt
      @ElJefeNScale-dj2wt  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I don't use a vacuum for ballast jobs... I just use a wide small paintbrush to get things back into place by the roadbed. But a vacuum is a must-have for doing other scenery.

  • @ScottJohnson4449
    @ScottJohnson4449 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have sprayed glue all over it, wipe the rails clean, then hand shake fine ballast all over the flex trak, on the sides only on Kato unitrak. I wipe again then leave it alone for a day or two. Then I vacuum it and run a crappy engine and some cars to test it lol.

  • @yardmaster1947
    @yardmaster1947 ปีที่แล้ว

    I followed Mike Fifer And Roy Smith's advice about ballasting my Kato N scale track I have 21 #6 turnouts and they don't miss a trick. Plus, I do not secure the track down to the board. Just let the ballast hold it in place. You haven't done bad with your first layout You'll improve as time goes by.

  • @daveygivens735
    @daveygivens735 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Curious if anyone has ever tried to ballast doubletrack?

    • @ElJefeNScale-dj2wt
      @ElJefeNScale-dj2wt  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Check out my most recent videos that include the Kato double crossover.... Let me know if that doesn't answer your question.

  • @railguy6639
    @railguy6639 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You may want to look into a finer grain of ballast. What you have looks like it is subgrade.