Use Rolf Weinert´s "Mein Gleis" track, to scale fine ballast in different colors and the right blend of umbra pigments to get the best looking model railroad track ever.
As an HO model train enthusiast here in the United States, I really how you made the tracks look authentic. For a junction, I had to make my own switch tracks for the tracks to fit right in a small area. I soldered the frogs and guard rails, and used a piece of hacksaw blade to cut out enough for the wheel flanges pass through.
Ron, did you base your weather and ballast video on this? I just watched yours and it seems we were both inspired! About to do the same for the first time and want to get it right.
Hi Alex, 2024 and this is still the best scale ballast laying method, since you originally presented this episode back in 2018. Since then I’ve looked at and thought about different options, but the result is sub standard, so I’m here again looking how it needs to be done if you want the prototypical finish. Creating the correct ballast, in your other episode, underpins the perfect result. Best regards
Outstanding Tutorial. A standard of modelling I wish to aspire too. Have saved this for reference when I come to ballast my track. Thank you for the inspiration
Hello, This my first look at your videos and this trackwork is really superb. So realistic. Thanks for the good advice. I look forward to trying these techniques myself. Thanks again, Bob
Extremely well done. Proper ballast size, the colour of it all etc. And it's wonderful to see the completed thing. Looks very realistic. Congratulations. Looking forward for more videos from you. All the best, Rafael.
Thank you for sharing this video. It makes ballasting look so simple especially the technique you use. I'll be using your technique for my next ballasting episode on my layout.
Thank you very much for showing us your fantastic technique on this. I am going to do my first railway track diorama, I do learn a lot from you. Really appreciated.
Thanks, Rolf Weinert did definitely a great job by creating the "Mein Gleis" track system I´m using. In this video I missed to say my name: Alex. Thanks Cameron!
A really interesting and well presented tutorial, thank you very much for sharing your expertise with us. Your track and ballast looks excellent, I will try your methods soon as I am in the process of rebuilding my layout. Thank you. I have subscribed to your channel. Vivian.
Wow looks amazing Great informative video keep up the great videos as they’re helpful even tho I have 20+ years of modelling skills and it’s always good to learn new techniques 👍🏻😊😊
great video, great suggestions/tools, beautiful craftsmanship, never heard of that track supplier... very precise and high quality... wish they made north american track... thank you
Wonderbar! Beautiful workmanship, very realistic. I just can't get the ambition to do all that tie painting, etc. My layout will be on a 5' x 16' train board, with over 200' of track. I'm 73 so I don't think I would live to see it. LOL Cheers, Bob
Absolutely, I use the excellent, almost dustfree and unexpensive fine ballast of gleisschotterschmiede.de. Have a look at my video about ballast: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YXN7jrZd8qI.html
Hi! well done :-) Unfortunatelly I can not find good reviews of H0 locomotives from Roco, Fleichmann, Trix. I am espetially interested in steam engines, but good reviews I saw for 00 gauge: for example sams trains, jennifer e kirk and so on. Mayby you know where I can find so good reviews of H0 locomotivs? to see how well its runs on slow speed, how loud it is, how well detailed, build quality... Best regards
Thanks! I used N scale ballast 0,2-0,6mm grain size from www.gleisschotterschmiede.de „Gleisschotter Basalt Spur N/TT 0,2-0,6mm Koernung“ and „Gleisschotter erdbraun Spur N/TT 0,2-0,6mm Koernung“ I colored, see my video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YXN7jrZd8qI.html
Thanks Joseph. I used N scale ballast 0,2-0,6mm grain size from www.gleisschotterschmiede.de „Gleisschotter Basalt Spur N/TT 0,2-0,6mm Koernung“ and „Gleisschotter erdbraun Spur N/TT 0,2-0,6mm Koernung“ I colored, see my video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YXN7jrZd8qI.html
A beautiful job and well done. I like the idea of the latex glue. Also after I've painted and scraped the rail tops I then scrape the rounded insides on top of the rail. Just makes electrical contact a little better on the root radius of the wheels. Did you use N scale ballast? Also, the track looks like that made by Tillig is that so? The turnouts are very nice indeed!
Thanks, Peter. Yes, I used N scale ballast 0,2-0,6mm grain size from www.gleisschotterschmiede.de „Gleisschotter Basalt Spur N/TT 0,2-0,6mm Koernung“ and „Gleisschotter erdbraun Spur N/TT 0,2-0,6mm Koernung“ I colored, see my video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YXN7jrZd8qI.html It's all track and turnouts from Weinert Modellbau, Germany, named "Mein Gleis": www.mein-gleis.de. See also my video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HLbJxtjh8po.html
It would be very nice to see them turn... I decided years ago to not make the turnout markers working. Too much fumbling, extremely time consuming, expensive and the movement of exact 90 degrees unreliable over the time. I have to focus on features of the layout more important to me.
Thanks Panos! I didn't notice any difference on how good the airbrushed paint sticks to the rails with or without a primer, maybe the one I used was not good enough. In both cases you can scratch the paint off the rail with a sharp or hard tool.
@@BBM1930sI also noticed that you are using acrylics versus enamel paints. I see the opinions here are divided. Half of the well known modellers use Acrylics, the other half use Enamels (better coating, firmly).
A beautiful result, well worth all the time it must have taken. The trackwork looks extremely realistic. Do your point lanterns rotate as the points change?
No, they don't. For two reasons: I found it is just too intricate and excessively time consuming to adjust them to align exactly 0°-90°. Furthermore turning laterns are only available as quite expensive kits. So to my regret I decided to have static laterns.
@@BBM1930s Hi again, Alex. Your reply here answers the question that I was about to ask. Thank you. Which manufacturers offer the turning lantern kits? Steve.
Hi Steve, the lanterns are made by german Auhagen, „Weichenlaternenattrappen“ or „Signal point indicators“ part no. 41618, pack of 6. They are dummy, but ready to install, in perfect scale and nicely sharp edged. I realise now Auhagen has rised the price, too bad. Best, Alex.
@@WaveMaker124 Weinert make moving ones, as well as illuminated ones. They are expensive. In the past you used to be able to get dummy point lanterns from Arnold: despite being for N gauge, they were about right for HO. I think they were made to fit into Arnold point motors, but I put them into small lengths of tube in the baseboard, so they could be turned to the right direction for photographs. The Arnold ones weren't as detailed as the Auhagen ones that Alex mentions, but were good enough. I imagine it would be relatively easy to 3D print them.
@@WaveMaker124 I once built one of these Weinert Gleissperre and lantern: it was probably the fiddliest kit I ever built, but I got it working, though it didn't work as nicely as this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ROrV54E29_k.html (in case the link doesn't post, that's youtu . be / ROrV54E29_k).
Wow, very impressive weathering and ballasting. I just finished watching your video on coloring the ballast and may I ask what mixture did you use for this video.
Hi Twinengines, Thanks. I used fine ballast from www.gleisschotterschmiede „Gleisschotter Basalt Spur N/TT 0,2-0,6mm Koernung“ and „Gleisschotter erdbraun Spur N/TT 0,2-0,6mm Koernung“. The colors used to stain are ivory to brighten up the dark grey of the Basalt ballast and burnt umbra to add weathering to both of the ballast types. Best Alex
Hello. This is the best tutorial on track painting I have seen. I am sorry to repeat almost the same questions that Riccardo Saverri and Jan Kochanowski asked. When airbrushing the track, I have the Vallejo Leather Brown and only have craft paints. If I do not use the pigments and powder, what do you suggest for additional craft paints to add to the Vallejo? Were you trying to lighten or darken the Vallejo? Adding acrylic Burnt Umber would make it darker. Burnt Sienna would make it lighter. Would you use a 50-50 mix? Or just a little to slightly change the Vallejo? Thank you.
Hi Gary, thanks a lot. The original Vallejo leather brown just needs to become flat because it isn't out of the jar. Frequently used rails are a bit darker und more brown, sidings with low traffic are more rust reddish. Powder pigments make the leather brown flat. Alternatively add mat varnish, maybe starting with 20% varnish. Best, Alex
Hi Jacob, there is no particular procedure to ballast the frog in this case since it's made of cutted rail pieces and ties underneath, like all other parts of the turnout. To distribute the ballast I used a brush instead of the broom, as I did for other tight spaces in the turnout. Best, Alex
Das Gleis sieht aus wie echt. Aber warum 2 Grenzzeichen? Ich kenne das nur mit einem Grenzzeichen in der Mitte. Sind die Weichenlaternen eigentlich angeklebt? Falls ja, warum nicht beweglich?
Meine Anlage spielt Anfang der Dreißigerjahre, Epoche II. Bei den Gleisanlagen der Deutschen Reichsbahngesellschaft DRG waren standardmäßig - wie gezeigt - zwei Grenzzeichen platziert. Erst später in der Nachkriegszeit ging die DB und DR zum einzelnen, mittigen Grenzzeichen über. Allerdings sieht man auf Fotos vereinzelt auch schon in den Dreißigern mittige. Die Weichenlaternen drehen nicht mit, nur für Fotos kann man sie von Hand zurechtdrehen. Der Zusammenbau der Weinert-Laternen und das Justieren ist sehr fummelig, ein enormer Zeitverlust, über 2h pro Weiche, sehr hohe Kosten. Ich habe mich dagegen entschieden, auch wenn mitdrehende Laternen zweifellos schöner wären. 86 Weichen sind verlegt, am Ende werden es über 200 sein, auch deshalb dieser Kompromiss... Liebe Grüße, Alex.
Hi Alex. Beautiful work. Time consuming, but clearly worth the extra effort. When you refer to 'wetting' or 'wetted water' do you mean water with dish soap liquid, water and (for example) isopropyl alcohol (IPA), or just isopropyl alcohol (IPA)?
Thanks! Yes, water with some dish soap would do the job. I use wetting agent for classic photography to avoid unnecessary substances from the dish soap in the mix.
Hello, I'll ask questions that no one has asked. Since the internet translator isn't very good at technical terms, my request is could you write what paints (colors) you used to paint the rail sleepers? You mentioned mixing your own ballast for the rails, but we didn't find out what types (brands) or sizes (it looks like 0.5 mm or less) you used?
@elvictorof Hi, at 1:25 you find the colors for the sleepers. Let me add that at the end of the day it's a mix of leather brown, umbra and if needed some flat black to make it a bit darker.
@elvictorof For the ballast have a look here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YXN7jrZd8qI.htmlfeature=shared It's fine ballast starting 0.2mm.
Ciao Alex, complimenti per la realizzazione, veramente realistico!! Ho una domanda da farti....potresti spiegarmi bene come mischiare i colori, oltre al vallejo gli altri sono polveri? Cosa è la matting powder? Grazie e ancora complimenti, sei bravissimo!
Ciao Riccardo, mille grazie per l'apprezzamento. Esatto, sono pigmenti in polvere molto in uso per il weathering. Più in giù ho risposto ad un certo jan kochanowski con dei link riguardo al matting agent. Matt varnish+pigmento in polvere + Klucel E sono insuperabili come effetto opaco. Comunque anche senza Klucel E, creando quasi un'impasto anziché colore liquido tra il matt varnish ed il pigmento in polvere, si ottiene 90% dell'effetto.
This was fantastic! Thank you so much. Would you say that the brown ballast is more prototypical for Bavaria? I have seen mixed of red ballast as well.
Thanks Craig, the region here in this modelled section is southern Baden at the swiss border at Basel. For the ballast color mix I followed color photos from the 1950s. The brown is basically old break dust. The new layed ballast back in 1914, when the new Badischer Bahnhof was opened, seems to be bright gray almost white on old b/w photos. I didn't research historical ballast for Bavaria, the current ballast is shades of bright to dark, warm grey.
@@BBM1930s thank you so much for your response! This kind of information is hard to find, especially here in the US. So glad I came across your channel!
Thanks Julian! Yes, I pre coloured the ballast separately in different shades of brown and then mixed them together. Take a look at my tutorial to see how easy it is: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YXN7jrZd8qI.html. Best, Alex.
It's all "Mein Gleis" from Weinert Modellbau, take a look at the video here to learn more: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HLbJxtjh8po.htmlfeature=shared
