Ballasting progress.

Looks great. Stay with it. You eat an elephant one bite at a time 

Very nice work! I find ballasting a small section at a time the best method.

Looks great!

As I suggested on your previous posting, you might consider weathering/painting the sides of the rails prior to ballasting. The finished product will appear even better.

Started ballast last week using Brennans ballast. (gray for mainline and dark for yards). My roadbed is Homosote with 45 degree side slopes. I found the best way to get the ballast to adhere to these side slopes was to "paint" the side slopes with the white glue and sprinkle the ballast on. The ties are ballasted in the conventional manner with wet water and diluted white glue. No hurry to complete this work as I have a good amount of track to ballast, This is conventional Lionel O gage with supplemental wooden ties.

Very well done, fellas.

@Victor Bertolina posted:

Started ballast last week using Brennans ballast. (gray for mainline and dark for yards). My roadbed is Homosote with 45 degree side slopes. I found the best way to get the ballast to adhere to these side slopes was to "paint" the side slopes with the white glue and sprinkle the ballast on. The ties are ballasted in the conventional manner with wet water and diluted white glue. No hurry to complete this work as I have a good amount of track to ballast, This is conventional Lionel O gage with supplemental wooden ties.

Victor, I like the idea of the Homasote to raise the track level. You can't tell on mine, but I had 1/2-inch foam on the mains and left the sidings level. Sadly, that layout is gone as I downsized and built the new one with pre - ballasted track.

Looks great Dave!

Ballasting seems to really kick up the realism. It looks like a first class job.  Bill

@Dave Ripp. posted:

Still ballasting I only get to work on scenery on Mondays due to hectic work schedule. I may weather the rails in the future but it's not at the top of my list..

Nicely done!

Peter