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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2021 2:08:53 GMT
Excellent, George!!! Something we usually never think of even if we see it in a photograph like you did
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Post by ptc on Sept 7, 2021 11:02:40 GMT
Beautiful work, George. So realistic.
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Post by Country Joe on Sept 8, 2021 21:11:36 GMT
You did a fabulous job on the conduit George. It looks very realistic. I like the hobo living under the bridge. 👍
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Post by g3750 on Sept 9, 2021 23:40:47 GMT
You did a fabulous job on the conduit George. It looks very realistic. I like the hobo living under the bridge. 👍
Thank you. Yeah, I like hobos as well. I was going to do trolls, but then you've got to find Billy Goats (in 3 sizes)! And the outcome's soooo predictable.  
George
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Post by g3750 on Sept 9, 2021 23:42:29 GMT
Updated 9/9/2021:
I am really tired at the end of today's work because I've been spreading ballast by hand.
More when I know it.
George
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Post by g3750 on Sept 13, 2021 0:06:56 GMT
Updated 9/12/2021: Today I placed cinders next to the ballasted right-of-way, using a plaster scraper to keep a (more or less) straight line. After that, I applied various Woodland Scenics ground covers. After pulling the protective paper away from between the landscape and the fascia, I decided to do some additional painting and planting of undergrowth. I think I'm done with the Eastern Approach, but I will look at it again tomorrow. And I do have to pour water in the "lagoon". Pictures tell the story.
George
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Post by Country Joe on Sept 13, 2021 21:20:56 GMT
That looks great George! Very nice work.👍
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Post by laz57 on Sept 13, 2021 21:42:17 GMT
Great job GEORGE!!👍👍. What size ballast are you using and where did you purchase it. Ballasting will be my winter job on the layout.
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Post by curtis on Sept 14, 2021 2:59:29 GMT
I would say slow and sure but you have blown that away for sure but the sure part is looking great.
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Post by g3750 on Sept 14, 2021 3:33:22 GMT
Great job GEORGE!!👍👍. What size ballast are you using and where did you purchase it. Ballasting will be my winter job on the layout. Thank you. I like Brennan's Better Ballast. This is the natural gray color. You order it through his website www.brennansmodelrr.com.
I spread it on the tracks using the device to the right of the bag.
I use the gray color for my Pennsy mainline - it's O scale (1:48) and prototypical. He also offers a black, which might be appropriate for the Weirton Steel yard. I'm still undecided on how that area will be covered.
And by sheer coincidence, the 10 bags I estimated that will be needed to finish the layout arrived today. That day is still far off, but Dennis Brennan has stopped coming to York so I decided to order it and be done with it.
George
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Post by g3750 on Sept 14, 2021 3:34:04 GMT
I would say slow and surge but you have blown that away for sure but the sure part is looking great. Thank you. Being really retired helps!
George
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Post by ptc on Sept 14, 2021 14:56:27 GMT
You sure are a professional at layout building, George.
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Post by g3750 on Sept 14, 2021 16:04:57 GMT
You sure are a professional at layout building, George.
Absolutely hysterical. I've learned a lot of lessons (the hard way) as a result of Panhandle 1, but I would definitely not call myself a professional at layout building. I still make plenty of mistakes and have to redo things. It's just that I've decided the mistakes should be new ones. 
Still, thanks for the compliment, however dubious.
George
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2021 16:38:25 GMT
Brennan's Better Ballast is what I purchased for my layout. How much track did you cover with one bag?
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Post by g3750 on Sept 14, 2021 16:59:10 GMT
Brennan's Better Ballast is what I purchased for my layout. How much track did you cover with one bag? The website says 22' coverage with a bag. I haven't really measured, as the sections I covered are separate and curved. And the Eastern Approach is double-tracked with a wide median that I ballasted. So, the number seems right, but I don't have a way of precisely determining it.
George
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