Jimmy; Perfect demo. That's exactly how I have ballasted trackage for about 3 decades. Son it's about time you start Playlisting your content for ease of access. A list on MRR basics, Dollar Store Finds, Arduinos, Structure Building, and Weathering. As well as others yet to come. As always Great Job, SEE YA' DOWN THE LINE, Jim

I found Vallejo Mud Brown to look great and spray very well.

To help clean the top of the track CRC electrical cleaner works good so you could prevent corrosion but make sure you spray it on the towel or cloth you will use to wipe the track. Otherwise, the CRC might mess up your great scenery. Great tutorial!

Great Video, Thanks!

Nice video, Jimmy. I paint and ballast my Kato Unitrack as well. Once I do this, I find that my Kato track looks realistic and as good as any other brand of track. ...Roy

@hastingsbnsfnscalemodeler8594

4 жыл бұрын

N-Scale Union Pacific Evanston Subdivision agree Roy, your use of it inspired me to switch early on to Kato.

@n-scaleunionpacificevansto6569

4 жыл бұрын

@@hastingsbnsfnscalemodeler8594 I just hope you're as happy with it as I am, my friend. ...Roy

Great Video! Thank You for explaining the process so well!

Informative, Now I know what Kato track looks like ballasted. Thank you keep up the fine work.

Wow! Looks great!

Thanks for sharing! It's very helpful to me ^^ I am a beginner from Taiwan~

I have been using Javek Sand and Stone mixture (Designed for HO and N scale) on my layout. In addition to your method with the alcohol, I add a minute amount of Clear washing up liquid to the glue mix, which helps the glue to penetrate even more thoroughly into the ballast. Again, it dries rock hard and looks great. After it's fully dry, I go over it carefully with a small electrical screwdriver to remove any ballast that has stuck to the tops of the rail ties (Sleepers) before running a vacuum over the whole ballasted area as a final precaution. As I work in N scale, a lot of locos have exposed gearsets on the trucks (bogies) and this prevents loose ballast.

Wetting the ballast with isopropyl alcohol before gluing will allow the glue to permeate the ballast more easily and evenly.

Looks good, but after useing anything that scratches your track run a nickel over the rails to fill the scratches this way you fill them in , those little nicks will geather dirt on the rails and then to your wheels....thanks for sharing....Jack

@hastingsbnsfnscalemodeler8594

4 жыл бұрын

J Olliemark excellent suggestion.

@attackeagle

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed, in a pinch you can also use the side of the handle of your exacto knife to burnish (take the blade out...)

Exactly the tip I was looking for.

Excellent video - very well explained. This is perfect for someone like me who, to say the least, is no expert in model railroading. Glad I subscribed to your channel.

Speaking of dollar store purchases, you can get airbrush thinner in those stores too. It’s called isopropanol alcohol - rubbing alcohol in other words. It works great in the air gun as well as cleaning up afterwards. It also helps with weathering as it will soak into wood very easily, taking the “water downed” paint with it.

Great video jimmy, hope my layout looks as good as yours as I’m mixing unitrack and flex together on my modules.

Good morning Jimmy that was good unique way if ballasting and weathering Kato track kind like what u did there

looks good thx for the demo... vinny

We need to call each other before we post, like a couple of women making sure they don’t wear the same dress to a party. I edited a Kato track video over the weekend and posted it tonight before I saw this video. Nice job...Anthony

Great video. what are you using on top of the pink foam?

Great video. Inspired me to ballast my unitrack. But I wish someone would do an in depth video on ballasting unitrack turnouts. Including the large 4 switch turnout.

Jimmy, what do you do to airbrush the Kato turnouts and crossovers?

Nice job Jimmy. What is your technique for ballasting your turnouts? Randy

Is the airbrush thinner acrylic as well?

Nice video but it assumes that everyone has an airbrush which I do not . I just paint the rails with a brush and that cheap brown paint from Walmart (thinned a bit with water or alcohol) Neatness does not matter as the rust seems go everywhere on the prototype . Wipe the paint off the top of the rails with a paper towel and call it done.

@radiofry

Жыл бұрын

Tonight I finished painting my n scale track with a brush. Now my knees, back, and eyes are shot. Haha.

Did you remember to add a drop of liquid dishwasher to you glue/water mix? Also, instead of IPA, you can use water and a drop of liquid dish soap. If you have a condensating clothes dryer, use the water from that, as it is better than ordinary tap water

Hi. Im eric. New 2 hobby. TY, sir. Never forget 911.

I have to paint my track in my living room, are there any fumes from using Acrylic paint in an Airbrush? I thought about doing each piece of track in my garage and then assembling it on the layout, what do you think about that vs laying the track and then airbrushing it?

Except when ballastic gets into switch guts what a headache

Grate Video, but that water glue ratio looks off.......

Addendum. Looking at the glue mix you used, it appeared that you didn't mix it very thoroughly there Jimmy, and it looked like Jizz.

Is there a KZreadr handbook that says you have to say "...go ahead and..." every 30 seconds?

@DIYDigitalRailroad

3 жыл бұрын

I believe the handbook states every 40 seconds 🤣🤣🤣

@WillieBeard

3 жыл бұрын

@@DIYDigitalRailroad Awesome...then you're WELL within compliance

Ouch!!!! Sand paper on rail?...no,no. A bright boy can easily knock off the rail top paint and no deep scratches.

@TONY_FEZ

6 ай бұрын

Yes i was wondering about that...

I cannot remember seeing a tutoral so inconsistent and sloppy