Ballast Atlas C55

sitchad

New Member
I am about to start my little N scale empire and to be honest do not look forward to ballasting the track. I worry about glue on the rail, in the switches and along the rails such that it would cause derailments. I am using Atlas C55 so all rolling stock is low profile wheels and not very forgiving.

So, I was wondering if anyone had ever applied the ballast to the cork before the track goes down. I was thinking of gluing the ballast on the cork and rolling the track surface smooth with a roller. Then gluing the track on top of the ballast. I know the ballast would not come up between the ties but with the track being painted and weathered and the ties so thin I would think it would look okay.

Anyone try this? Any comments?

Thanks,
 
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