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  • Got the ballasting done on my 2ft by 4ft diorama. I learned some new tricks to make the ballast look better than on past layouts. These include using 91% isopropyl alcohol and using a pipette for applying the glue.

    I found that if you apply the glue using the pipette on your ties you get the cleanest look. The glue washes the tie clean of…

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    NScale_Doug, UncleTumTum and 4 others
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  • After being away from the hobby for a while, I forgot how time intensive it can be. I’m working on a 4ft by 2ft HO layout diorama to practice my scenery skills. I set out to ballast a 4ft section of track, one and a half hours later only had half of it ballasted and glued. Had to stop because I ran out of daylight and the room was…

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    BigReverserKeyRR, Guilford_Railman and 5 others
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  • 4ft by 2ft Shelf Layout Progress

    I’ve been working on a 4ft by 2ft shelf layout diorama to get back into the hobby after almost a decade away. I’m using it to practice scenery techniques and learn new ones like applying static grass.

    Here are some photos of my progress so far:

    DJDano, Coreyt1976 and Guilford_Railman
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