[ thank, you for youre great helpful video]

You want realistic track, paint each tie a different shade of brown to grey. I plan to paint my track before it gets laid on the layout. So far I've got 75 feet of Micro Engineering nickle silver flex track and cork roadbed to paint. I'll use my go to rust color (Coffee & Cream) and my airbrush to paint the acrylic paint. Then for the cork roadbed I plan on using a pint can of primer grey I have on hand and shoot it through my other airbrush. Painting the cork roadbed grey will help when the track finally gets ballasting with grey ballast which is what the Central of Georgia uses. Cheers from eastern TN

great tips Andy

Can the track be taken up and glue removed if needed?

Oh BTW... how about adding some diesel sand spots here and there near those oil spills?

Growing some wild crazy weed there Andy!!!!

First An apology. I got so engrossed in your video I forgot to hit like and subscribe. Yes really, no bs. What you're building is almost spot on to what it is that I want to build, But I still had some " Head scratchers" But during your video I had a few "AH HA!" Moments so i'm glad I stumbled across your video. I wasn't even looking for train videos at the time, but the Train gods must have pointed me in your direction. Can't wait to see the rest of your videos! Liked and subscribed and bell rung, LOL

I find that going through to highlight ties (both darker and lighter) before ballasting is much easier. A brush and thin wash (over a base of camouflage brown) works well. To avoid patterns, I print out a list of prime numbers and use them to skip randomly. Love your channel - thanks for the tips.

Those are some real nice looking boxcars!! Great video!! Thanks, Andy!!🍻

How thick is the foam? What is it called? Where do you get it?

Dear Andy, excellent vid that you’ve put together on ballasting around the throw bar of a turnout. Love the way you already mix up the different colors and still take the airbrush out to even further put your own signature on the scene. Yes indeed, ballasting is meditative, and therefore why is there the urge to rush it? Guess that’s why a lot of modelers have a kind of threshold towards ballasting. Maybe for not wanting to ffff up their immaculate tracks, or simply because it’s not their thing. Nevertheless, making it a meditative experience helps to overcome that threshold. And as I, my humble self, watch your vid, that’s the main message I take away from your content. By the way, through James from Bexhill West I purchased his ballast vacuum system. Works a breeze for those sections that need a quicker hand. Looking forward to seeing your next videos. Cheerio

Looks great Andy, thanks for the detailed tutorial. Will be playing around with this to enhance track in N.

This looks fantastic! I just hand built my first turnout and a little track, haven’t gotten to this step any advice with wood ties or ??? Am I behind but what happened to the Marshfield with the awesome crappy track, or am I thinking of someone else?

Andy great video, almost Boomer level 😂. Some great tips and products I can’t wait to try out on my track. Like the sidebars that give specific details on how you’re doing it (ie: 25-35 psi). Good work

Great video full of useful tips for the model maker, regardless of their chosen sector. Many thanks for doing this :)

If you'd like to see my video on how I laid the ballast in the turnouts while still having them operate well follow the link here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6KvhpiofMt6Z7c

Great tips and it looks wonderful but not sure if I could invest 20+ minutes per foot of track on my layout though!

Nice detail.

Excellent work Andy! Are you thinning the Tamiya paint when shooting it through the airbrush? If so, their thinner or something else?

Nice work, Andy, will have to try this on my layout.

Excellent video!

hey Andy, nice video, good to see how you weather your track and ballast. Thanks, Terry

Really beautifully done, and the end result is super-nicely balanced. The little stick-on shrubs make for great highlights amongst the toned down ballast. Poor ALCOs getting a bum wrap again - still going to love my little RS27s 🙂

Nice job. I may have missed it but what size needle are you using in your airbrush? I model n scale and I can’t get to the level of detail you did here but certainly can use many of the techniques

Great video Andy!

That looks BRILLIANT!!!! 😳

XF-52. My favourite colour 😇

Great video Andy! Definitely going to try some of these techniques.

Andy freaking awesome

Looks awesome Andy. Glad to see you still model in the summer. 😉

Andy, you have upped your video instructional technique. Identifing the matarials is especially helpful. Great job!

Saved to my "how-to" playlist...thanks for sharing!

Great job Andy! It is a great way to tone stuff down and make it look more natural. Glad you showed how ties age. They are definitely not all the same.

Nice job, Andy! So important to "model" the track, not just lay it.

Hi Andy. Thanks again for sharing your work. Indeed, track weathering is pretty much like everything else : It can be endless. I appreciate that you showed us the products you're using and the way it's been done. Simple and effective video. Keep on your good work.

Looks great, Andy! Very realistic.

Looks great, just not for me.

Thanks for the Bonus tip on humidifier i never thught about that and i live in Western Sydney Australia where it can get up to 40 Celsius in Summer

Please tell me where you found your switch signals. I need them for my layout

Great video. Would love to know how you did the mechanisms for the rotating Milwaukee targets on the switch stands. I’m about to lay my first proto 48 turnout and want that.

Thanks again Andy, for another great track video. Back in the 70s there were tips in the model railroad magazines, about Laying flex track, but your lecture here is better than any that I've ever seen, regarding lane flex track. Years ago I did this but no one had mentioned about the need for a really fine mist spray for adhesive. You have a lot of good extra tips as well. Thanks again!

Absolutely excellent work and video you did Andy !! 👍👍👍 . I always learn from you 😊

One little thing I discovered thats super useful. Either a small styrene tube or an old school coffee stir straw. Its a lot easier to blow out the throw rod space with a quick puff through the straw than trying to brush it out.

Forgot ! Sorry. Is the Milwaukee SW1200 engine a Walthers unit ? Would you rate it good ? Thanks

Like your ground throw targets !

If you want to see the next video in this series, follow the link to my tips on ballasting video - kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6KvhpiofMt6Z7c

Thanks again Andy for another great video! Great modeling tips.

Andy, the ballast job looks great. One tip, I go back every hour after I apply the glue for the ballast and move the switch points just to make sure they don't get stuck as the glue dries. -Tom

Great video Andy! I'm glad you also decided to use a darker ballast. This is I always preferred darker ballast; (it was bothering me that too many American model train layouts, utilize a garish , Brite white, or light gray, overwhelming ballast). Thanks again for showing, some good ideas, including doing small sections at a time. Excellent presentation! Thanks again.

Looks like you're doing a great job. Phil Jersey Shore Area