Hi All and “Happy New Year”
I have a question about handlaying N track.
According to San Diego N Scale Society http://www.urbaneagle.com/data/RRtrkstds.html they recommend to glue down the ties, every 5th a pc tie, when dry apply the ballast and when the ballast is dry, solder the rail. So how do they weather the rail? I would like to try handlaying some tracks, and I would like to apply the ballast before soldering the rail (to prevent ballast to get stuck in the rail web), but on the other hand, I don’t see how you can weather the rail and ties after the ballast is applied.
So if you handlay your N scale track using PC ties, in what order do you do the different steps?
1; tie – ballast – rail – no weathering, or
2; tie - rail – weathering - ballast
Jesper
I have a question about handlaying N track.
According to San Diego N Scale Society http://www.urbaneagle.com/data/RRtrkstds.html they recommend to glue down the ties, every 5th a pc tie, when dry apply the ballast and when the ballast is dry, solder the rail. So how do they weather the rail? I would like to try handlaying some tracks, and I would like to apply the ballast before soldering the rail (to prevent ballast to get stuck in the rail web), but on the other hand, I don’t see how you can weather the rail and ties after the ballast is applied.
So if you handlay your N scale track using PC ties, in what order do you do the different steps?
1; tie – ballast – rail – no weathering, or
2; tie - rail – weathering - ballast
Jesper