I like your trackplan

But I hope you are planning on a table or shelf. That ballast is going to hurt your bare feet

Of course,

,I will be working on it in school, most likely two 2'x2.5' foot sections I am working on gathering up structures and such for it. It includes a grain track, scrap yard, lumber yard and Warehouse

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Arizona Rock and Mineral Review

The Review:

Item: CNW Pink Granite Ballast

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Consistency: Rough yet extremely fine

Overall Opinion: Overall this makes a great ballast it was in my opinion the perfect consistency and granule size for ballasting with great results. The product was easy to work with and I had no trouble smoothing it over the ties unlike some other manufacturers I have used. There was a great mix of colors in the small amount even shown. The color also matched prototype photos. Overall this was a great piece of scenery (just like all of the materials).

Item: Industrial Dirt

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Consistency: Very fine almost powder

Review: Have not used yet

Item: Dessert Sand

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Consistency: Fine with pebbles mixed in

Review: This was a great piece of dirt suitable for a desert scene, I was originally going to go with a grassy look but I must say this sold me on dessert. I never even considered doing desert but this sold me on that side of things. The mix of sizes of pebbles and powder worked wonders on the model and helped give the scene a more realistic look.

Item: Earth

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Consistency: A powder like the Industrial Dirt

Notes: Another great piece of scenery I highly recomend this and if the rest of the AR&M products are like this then any other of their products.

The Module Before:

And After:

Looks Good

I will have to give their stuff a try. Sounds like it is finer than Woodland Scenics stuff.

A hint... to having better looking track is find some rust colored paint and run it along the sides of your rail. I just use an old brush like a 0 or a 00. If you hit the top of the ties next to the rails that is ok. That is where the tie plates and spikes are, also rusty. I realize that doing this in school makes for some time limits so could be something to keep in mind for later. Oh and do it before putting down ballast.

Jack

Another hint...Take the whole

Another hint...Take the whole thing outside and spray the rails with Rustoleum camouflage brown paint, then hit the rail sides with rust and grease colors. Make sure to mask the switch points so the paint dosent stick them in place. Randomly paint some of the crossties with light washes of grey paint.  

Thanks,

I did some switch ballasting on Friday it was definitely much more difficult and took patience.