New Junction - Station Ballasting 

This was a very useful video, this will help me when I ballast my layout

Thank you; a very helpful video that I have learned a lot from, as soon, I must ballast for the first time.

Richard excellent as always you make it look so easy i got back in the man cave this morning after a week away think ive done my staition area now well i hope just got to power it up and ive made made a start to the 3rd level in my head its made lol but i dont want to rush when i was away i bought a hornby class 60 and a other 37 tts chip and 1 for the 60 and a pack off buffers and a few trucks a knowles 1 and a range rover sport 4x4 lol

This all looks really nice! One day i will have a train set layout with nice ballasting. Nice Video Mate.

Nice video , your new station is looking good . Can’t wait to see it finished

Hope it all sets okay! Thanks for describing the method in the description also. Cheers, Matt.

What I like to do to help the ballast be level with the ties but not on top of them, I get an old credit card or gift card and I cut two slots that perfectly fit over the rail. Then I drag it along and it takes the ballast off the top. Many ways to get similar results though. Great video!

Excellent video really does look good and good tips too . I didn't bother wetting the ballast be four gluing and it was fine . Again great video

Thank you for sharing.

Great. vid. That's unlucky about the platforms. I also have paper tops to my platforms and it was all fine when I ballasted the layout. New Junctions looking great at the moment. Keep up the great work.

Hope all the platforms dry up okay. That's been my biggest worry, but have planned all along for them to be removable. Even with sealing with matt varnish, I'm not planning on fixing the platforms down until all the ballast is done and down. Hopefully all yours dry up just fine and they'll look great in the end! The track and ballast itself looks great right now. Iain

Its looking fad, done a really great job, the one thing that scared ke most was ballasting, the last time i tried i forgot to actually glue it and waited a night to vacuum it all up couldnt save any of it as the vacuum was full :/, i do love watching these as it does help :) cheers for sharing

Henery Hoover has to be one of the most used tools that a model railroader uses. so have to make sure it is a good one. great video on all that is involved it track laying and prep work for finishing touches. like ballasting. which has to be everyone's favorite job. something that adds the much needed realism, but I myself can only do small sections at a time, just so tedious of a job. Finished area looks great. This would have been a perfect time for you to do a live stream. watching the glue dry. just kidding of coarse. super job. thanks for the how you do things video. will help out many modelers.

I've been doing a bit and it takes forever to get right I was going to do a video on it but I don't think I need to after this. Amazing video!

Your tutorials are so helpful! I’ll bee using these on my future layout.!

Great video on ballasting. Hopefully those platforms will dry out and be okay *fingers crossed*. All the best, Jordan

Just love your work ethic. If a jobs worth doing, DO IT RIGHT......

Great video, I'll be using this as reference when I come to ballast myself

Neat and tidy job ..hope the platforms dry out ok

Nice layout! :-) Those ballast boxes are good too. I tried one and attached a small flat brush (a bit like the ones on the bottom of your door) along the front/back of the box, that helps brush the ballast off the sleepers in one motion. Hope the station is all right!!

8:48 That one wonky sleeper will haunt us all for ever XD I've had paper platform edges absorb the glue mix before and it turned out okay once completely dry. Hopefully the colours don't run or stain for you.

It's always crossed my mind with the sheer amount of water needed to ballast and the effect it has on card or paper.. fingers crossed it doesn't go boobs up! I'm planning to use plaster board and that is going to be a pain for zapping up water. May well remove my platforms before ballasting.. I shall see! Looking forward to seeing the hands on weathering - non of this airbrushing lark!

If I start a layout I'm probably going to hate ballasting and probably find it quite difficult Great video ballasting looks great

Awesome progress! I think you should get a DB Schenker Class 90 for the InterCity 225 sets to help out!

Don`t you just love ballasting. It has to be one of the most painful jobs of all. I try to ballast approx. two metres of track in anyone session, so over a week you will have done about 14 metres, which is a fair amount of ballasting. Good luck and I hope the platforms don`t suffer any water damage.

top work mate.

Interesting, Keep up the good work :)

Hi Richard Kevin, yes looks nice ,'ll thick look good if it bit discoloured more real Tar on stations are different colours due to the weather and wear thumbs up mate Kevin philipines

What a cliff hanger! 😱

Could you do a running with class 43s please and great work I might do that to my railway

Years ago i used pet bird grit for ballast..... I am sure no one would dream of that now.

Amazing video but in your next video while ballasting can you show how you do your points to stop the contacts getting soaked in glue etc. Kind regards LRP

I saw a vid by Rob McCrain the other day (Farland Howe) and he used some kind of squeezy bottle instead of a syringe. Looked like a very fast (and accurate) way to add the glue mix. For some stupid reason I can't post the link so check out "24B advancing Farland with th magic glue bottle".

Great video thanks for the how to. Im new to the hobby and ballast is my next venture. Materials now on order and plucking up the courage to steal a pan. :) May even do the ballasting as my first live video, how wrong can it go lol

Hope the platform papers survived. Looks great though good job. Cheers, Rich.

fingers crossed for you Andy

I really have to be in the mood to ballast. I prefer to use a pva bottle for the mixed glue. I sometimes pushed too much or not enough mix out with the syringe. Paper never gets along with liquid.

Great video Richard it has given me the confidence to have a go at ballasting but how did manage the double slips and points. Any advice greatly appreciated

Will it be electrified with overhead wires, in terms of scenery not actually :)?

Could you do a video on how you ballast the points?

fingers crossed!

Oh ho! that's really unfortunate. A common School boy error with card kits/printed paper and PVA, did it myself once!. Could you not have removed the platforms after ballasting but before adding glue? That's what I did. We await and see if all will be fine ;-( Cheers. Dave

scape the side of are rusting old paint tin and weather the side of the track and anying were else to Bing out the rustic look.

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Hi New Junction, Did you have any issues with the cork expanding? I had it on a previous layout where id get slight raised sections of track, Maybe to much water?

What’s the latest, have you been brave enough to go and look?

How did you ballast the points

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Hi mate enjoyed your video don't forget to keep that loco for me also check my second video out catch up with you soon