Painting and ballasting Track

[monsterjamkid]

dude that layout is awesome!!

[ACLTony]

Hi. Good job on the rail painting, ballasting and your descriptions. Please don't take this negatively, just a friendly suggestion. When you need to move your camera around, have someone help you if you don't have a tripod to zoom in and out. Have that person move the camera along gently to minimize motion as it's distracting. Take care and keep the vids coming :-)

[Tcostello105]

Great Video we are just starting our layout and this video helped me alot because i now understand what I have to do to make the track lot more realistic!

[supercoolweirdo97]

can you take the track off the road bed? (black thing)??

[ohiosouthern]

i could, but i need the road bed under it.

[bluejacketsman86]

so when you ballast a main line, to be realisitic, dont ballast the inside of the ties?

[ohiosouthern]

ahh, u dont want any rocks on the top of the ties if u are doing a high speed main line, but if u are doing a branch or a short line it can be on top or where ever

[bluejacketsman86]

all right thanks.

[midrange18]

Out of all the ballast vids i watched, this is the first using that much glue. Won't it dry with a shiny look using that much?

[ohiosouthern]

well see it takes a while for it to soak down threw it, most people put it on their ballast and it will just give u a hard top surface, mine soaks all the way down threw it, and no it does not level a shiny look

[prorobo]

Are you constantly cleaning your brush before dipping into different color paints to avoid contaminating them?

[TOMUCHTIME7624]

YAH CAT i have one without a tail!!! LOL

[andersonjjj333]

Very helpful man sorry im so behind had to get settled in i have no internet im limited to the library and my aunts computer. Its good to be back in ohio im down in ironton if you wanna visit take care

[FlyBikes089]

Wow, I love that your video make give me learn more such more than I do!

I want ask you 2 question about glue and water so why you just put to water on ballast? And, do you take glue mixing with water or without it and regular glue at all?

[ohiosouthern]

well i wet the ballast down first with warm water and a little bit of soap in the mix, then i water down the glue a little, the water helps the glue soak threw the ballast. i just use Elmer glue most of the time

[FlyBikes089]

Oh okay so thank you for info!

Because, I planning to make that like this. lol

[renotimothy]

Have you ever tried spraying the ballast with 70% Isopropl Alcohol . This I found works very well for breaking the surface tension and allowing my 50/50 Water-white glue mixture to be adsorbed as fast as I can put it down I also mix the Glue 40/60 less on the glue more on the water so that I can spray it from a spray bottle this takes a little more clean up of the rails afterward but can make applying the glue quicker. I use GOO GONE to remove the glue residue(keep it away from turnouts).

[ohiosouthern]

No, I have never tried that, i might have to, thanks 4 the tip

[NorfolkSouthern9708]

stop having so much talent!!!

[ohiosouthern]

haha, thanks

[chessie1976]

Well Done!

[ohiosouthern]

Thanks

[SP4449Warbaby]

I've always wanted to ballast my track, but I never knew how to do it, but your tips are very helpful, thank you!

[ohiosouthern]

Thanks, glad it helped u out

[SP4449Warbaby]

You welcome, I might try this out when I get my 2-6-6-2.

[ibiubuok]

Great vid--as usual! It'll be a lot of help to a lot of people. Keep up the good work!

[ohiosouthern]

Thank u, i will have alot more of these 2 come

[jbrunsonjr]

That was awesome - thanks for posting that up!!

[ohiosouthern]

Thanks

[dteide]

Very good.

[ohiosouthern]

Thanks

[SLSF1522]

Thanks for posing this! Looks great! I'll be looking forward to future videos.

[ohiosouthern]

Thank u, ya i should have a ton more in the future

[ohiosouthern]

Thanks, idk on that but just try a little  section 2 c how it works, i think it would not make a big differences

[NorfolkSouthern9708]

coat or two, sounds like you talking weathering

[Tjsingle14]

what is your glue to water ratio?

[PeaTearGriffin45]

i use the EXACT SAME BALLAST

[maryandrobby]

looks like you have a good method there can u tell me how to do turnouts because i tried a few and it seems to ruin them by making them stick togetther then i can't switch tracks

[ohiosouthern]

Thanks, ya i try 2 do another video on the turnouts but i have done the same thing

[maryandrobby]

i've seen people not do them but then it looks trashy so i'll keep an eye out for that video

[renotimothy]

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[cprail34]

darn i thought it was ur layout until i saw the word diorama . then im like darn againg . bit there awesome anyway. will they ever be forsale?

[ohiosouthern]

haha, ya that wont b 4 a while, but i might sell some in the future, i would like 2 get into stuff like that

[cprail34]

that would be cool to buy. ill be the first one!!!!!!! i think. lol.

[ohiosouthern]

haha, it is something i plan 2 do after i finish my layout, i really like doing the scenery

[cprail34]

me2 its the funest part. next to swicthing trains.

[Jabbajawz4life]

Thank u Man!!!

[ohiosouthern]

u r welcome

[BrodyFarmBoy]

Sweet If I lived near you I would help you out but I live in North Carolina

[ohiosouthern]

haha, u r not 2 far away

[BrodyFarmBoy]

Well wer du U live?

[ohiosouthern]

east ohio along the river next 2 wheeling

[LeChungProduction]

nice vid man love it

[ohiosouthern]

Thank u

[LeChungProduction]

1st view yayayayayayaay