GayGamer21 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

God people are so nasty online, calling people fat and wishing them heart attacks in the comments? What's wrong with you people it's not even funny. - Thanks for the video very helpful anyways!

thebige61 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@RailfanningRulez Just a couple of drops should do the trick.

RailfanningRulez (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

how many droppes of dish ditergent?

UrMumisNum6er1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

try not to have a heart attack fat boy

drumkid330 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Were you about to have a stroke? LOL

thebige61 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@WhyAyeMann I think it's better to have the track in place before you add the scenery. I you do it the other way around you could damage the scenery in the process of laying the track. E

WhyAyeMann (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

should I decorate my layout before I laydown track, or does it matter?

avlisk (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I'd used diluted white glue, wet water, and alcohol to glue down ballast for my entire model railroading life of 50 years! This year, someone suggested Pledge floor cleaner with Future Shine. I tried it and will never go back! Use right out of the bottle, with an eyedropper dripped onto the formed ballast. No other ingredients, no clumping, no fuss. Makes the process so much easier. Once you go Pledge, you'll never go back. One thing, though, it won't work on lighter material, like sawdust.

gargravestrack (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Thanks very much for this excellent video. How do you keep stray bits of ballast from being glued to the tops of ties, and sides of the rail? It takes me an hour per foot with a dental tool to scrape and chip off the stray ballast specks, and then I end up scraping off the rust paint, so I have to do it again. Am I being too picky?

thebige61 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@Vmanshow I used sheet cork underneath all the turnouts and the crossover .