Ballasting Trick!

msh · 07-02-2002, 09:46 PM

I was in the home improvement store getting a few layout supplies when I came across an Elmer's Glue stick. So, I bought it, took it home, and proceeded to slather it along the cork road bed to help keep that ballast secure when sprinkled. To my pleasant suprise it worked so well, combined with my trusty foam paint brush, that I'm laying ballast that actually looks good with minimal effort. Sure it's beginner ballasting, but to me it's looking just like the CSX lines running through the Charlotte area.

In case you're interested I've pictures for your amusement at the site listed in the sig.

Cheers!

07-02-2002, 10:24 PM

Well msh, first things first (DOH!) Welcome to the Gauge ,glad you are here. I visited your site and thoughly enjoyed the visit.

brakie · 07-03-2002, 10:15 AM

msh,Thanks for the heads up! You could not have time that better,as you know I am rebiulding my layout and hope to start ballasting sometime tonight.I shall give it a look see!

Tyson Rayles · 07-03-2002, 05:52 PM

To msh and brakie, welcome to the Gauge!

Drew1125 · 07-03-2002, 08:35 PM

Hi, msh!
Looks like you're doing exactly what you're supposed to with this hobby...having fun!

Welcome The Gauge!

bobrien · 07-04-2002, 05:05 AM

Hey msh - welcome to the Gauge. And I really enjoyed your website. You like you are having nearly as much fun as I am

msh · 07-04-2002, 08:32 AM

As my little boy so often says... "Oh yes I am". I can't explain why it took it on, but I'm really into this little project of mine. Even when I was younger, and all I had was a 4x8 with an oval, two turnouts, one loco and four cars, I knew there was something special about it. Now that I'm a grown-up, have some cash and don't take NO for an answer I can take it to the next level and then on and on and on....

That's fun all right.

bobrien · 07-04-2002, 06:46 PM

oh yes for sure msh, I know what you're saying. But the difference between you and me is... I suspect you know what you are doing

planeshavings42 · 07-04-2002, 08:49 PM

Great Site, nice work, keep up the progress reports and pictures. you couldn't have happened upon a more helpful bunch than the Gauge. Even get some good laughs... AT&SF Duey

msh · 07-04-2002, 10:04 PM

Oh yes... pats on the back are welcome here.

I appreaciate the welcome and the words of support by all.

And oh yes, I plan on continuing the photo journalism on my site until the last speck of ground foam is sprinkled on the Town of Fourbyeight, US. (US standing for "upstairs") On to the job at hand!

07-02-2002, 09:46 PM	#1
msh Inactive Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 266 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Ballasting Trick! I was in the home improvement store getting a few layout supplies when I came across an Elmer's Glue stick. So, I bought it, took it home, and proceeded to slather it along the cork road bed to help keep that ballast secure when sprinkled. To my pleasant suprise it worked so well, combined with my trusty foam paint brush, that I'm laying ballast that actually looks good with minimal effort. Sure it's beginner ballasting, but to me it's looking just like the CSX lines running through the Charlotte area. In case you're interested I've pictures for your amusement at the site listed in the sig. Cheers!

07-03-2002, 10:15 AM	#3
brakie Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Bucyrus,Ohio Posts: 3,992 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	msh,Thanks for the heads up! You could not have time that better,as you know I am rebiulding my layout and hope to start ballasting sometime tonight.I shall give it a look see! __________________ Larry. Columbus & Hocking Valley Ry. Serving the Industries of the Hocking Valley.

07-03-2002, 05:52 PM	#4
Tyson Rayles Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Poverty Acres, North Carolina Posts: 4,506 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	To msh and brakie, welcome to the Gauge! __________________ Nantahala Midland "Route of the Noonday Sun" NARA Member #54

07-03-2002, 08:35 PM	#5
Drew1125 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 3,175 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Hi, msh! Looks like you're doing exactly what you're supposed to with this hobby...having fun! Welcome The Gauge! __________________ -Drew- NARA Member #48 Life is all the stuff that happened while you were makin' other plans.

07-04-2002, 08:49 PM	#9
planeshavings42 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: South West Michigan Posts: 318 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Welcome msh Great Site, nice work, keep up the progress reports and pictures. you couldn't have happened upon a more helpful bunch than the Gauge. Even get some good laughs... AT&SF Duey __________________ Keep on Tootin AT&SF DUEY

07-02-2002, 10:24 PM	#2
Catt Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Well msh, first things first (DOH!) Welcome to the Gauge ,glad you are here. I visited your site and thoughly enjoyed the visit.

07-04-2002, 05:05 AM	#6
bobrien Inactive Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Waiuku,New Zealand Posts: 131 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Hey msh - welcome to the Gauge. And I really enjoyed your website. You like you are having nearly as much fun as I am

07-04-2002, 08:32 AM	#7
msh Inactive Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 266 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	As my little boy so often says... "Oh yes I am". I can't explain why it took it on, but I'm really into this little project of mine. Even when I was younger, and all I had was a 4x8 with an oval, two turnouts, one loco and four cars, I knew there was something special about it. Now that I'm a grown-up, have some cash and don't take NO for an answer I can take it to the next level and then on and on and on.... That's fun all right.

07-04-2002, 06:46 PM	#8
bobrien Inactive Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Waiuku,New Zealand Posts: 131 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	oh yes for sure msh, I know what you're saying. But the difference between you and me is... I suspect you know what you are doing

07-04-2002, 10:04 PM	#10
msh Inactive Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 266 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Love that... Oh yes... pats on the back are welcome here. I appreaciate the welcome and the words of support by all. And oh yes, I plan on continuing the photo journalism on my site until the last speck of ground foam is sprinkled on the Town of Fourbyeight, US. (US standing for "upstairs") On to the job at hand!

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