Thought I'd share a little technique I figured out, that allows you to bond, & weather your ballast in one step...
I bond my ballast with 50/50 white gle & water, & a wetting agent.
I've always used gray ballast on my mainlines, because, in this part of the world, crushed limestone is thje most prevalent type of ballast on the mains.
After a lot of observation, it seemed to me that my model ballast was a little too pristine looking...it lacked that grimier look of the prototype.
(I hope these pictures do justice to the color differences)
Here's the unballasted track on cork roadbed...
I bond my ballast with 50/50 white gle & water, & a wetting agent.
I've always used gray ballast on my mainlines, because, in this part of the world, crushed limestone is thje most prevalent type of ballast on the mains.
After a lot of observation, it seemed to me that my model ballast was a little too pristine looking...it lacked that grimier look of the prototype.
(I hope these pictures do justice to the color differences)
Here's the unballasted track on cork roadbed...