I have asked questions, I have read books and even watched some construction techniques on TV and I am left just a bit puzzled.
I am convinced that it is best to lay the roadbed and track before doing any significant scenery construction, but I am wondering about when to put down the ballast. Most books show that happening right after you paint the track, but one book I just read said to do the ballast last in order to keep it from getting messed up. That seems to make sense to me, but I'd hate to follow that advice and find out I should have done otherwise.
I need to be enlightened. I'm going to be working in N scale, but I would think this would apply to any scale.
Thanks,
Don
I am convinced that it is best to lay the roadbed and track before doing any significant scenery construction, but I am wondering about when to put down the ballast. Most books show that happening right after you paint the track, but one book I just read said to do the ballast last in order to keep it from getting messed up. That seems to make sense to me, but I'd hate to follow that advice and find out I should have done otherwise.
I need to be enlightened. I'm going to be working in N scale, but I would think this would apply to any scale.
Thanks,
Don