Ballasting and Weathering Kato Unitrack

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@robertrivera9162 10 ай бұрын

To help clean the top of the track CRC electrical cleaner works good so you could prevent corrosion but make sure you spray it on the towel or cloth you will use to wipe the track. Otherwise, the CRC might mess up your great scenery. Great tutorial!

@jvanamb 5 жыл бұрын

Jimmy; Perfect demo. That's exactly how I have ballasted trackage for about 3 decades. Son it's about time you start Playlisting your content for ease of access. A list on MRR basics, Dollar Store Finds, Arduinos, Structure Building, and Weathering. As well as others yet to come. As always Great Job, SEE YA' DOWN THE LINE, Jim

@n-scaleunionpacificevansto6569 5 жыл бұрын

Nice video, Jimmy. I paint and ballast my Kato Unitrack as well. Once I do this, I find that my Kato track looks realistic and as good as any other brand of track. ...Roy

@hastingsbnsfnscalemodeler8594 5 жыл бұрын

N-Scale Union Pacific Evanston Subdivision agree Roy, your use of it inspired me to switch early on to Kato.

@n-scaleunionpacificevansto6569 5 жыл бұрын

@@hastingsbnsfnscalemodeler8594 I just hope you're as happy with it as I am, my friend. ...Roy

@Morganstein-Railroad 3 жыл бұрын

I have been using Javek Sand and Stone mixture (Designed for HO and N scale) on my layout. In addition to your method with the alcohol, I add a minute amount of Clear washing up liquid to the glue mix, which helps the glue to penetrate even more thoroughly into the ballast. Again, it dries rock hard and looks great. After it's fully dry, I go over it carefully with a small electrical screwdriver to remove any ballast that has stuck to the tops of the rail ties (Sleepers) before running a vacuum over the whole ballasted area as a final precaution. As I work in N scale, a lot of locos have exposed gearsets on the trucks (bogies) and this prevents loose ballast.

@dexterdog62 5 жыл бұрын

Wetting the ballast with isopropyl alcohol before gluing will allow the glue to permeate the ballast more easily and evenly.

@tcepilot 9 ай бұрын

I found Vallejo Mud Brown to look great and spray very well.

@Wild-Dad 5 жыл бұрын

Speaking of dollar store purchases, you can get airbrush thinner in those stores too. It’s called isopropanol alcohol - rubbing alcohol in other words. It works great in the air gun as well as cleaning up afterwards. It also helps with weathering as it will soak into wood very easily, taking the “water downed” paint with it.

@jolliemark6294 5 жыл бұрын

Looks good, but after useing anything that scratches your track run a nickel over the rails to fill the scratches this way you fill them in , those little nicks will geather dirt on the rails and then to your wheels....thanks for sharing....Jack

@hastingsbnsfnscalemodeler8594 5 жыл бұрын

J Olliemark excellent suggestion.

@attackeagle 5 жыл бұрын

Agreed, in a pinch you can also use the side of the handle of your exacto knife to burnish (take the blade out...)

@hastingsbnsfnscalemodeler8594 5 жыл бұрын

We need to call each other before we post, like a couple of women making sure they don’t wear the same dress to a party. I edited a Kato track video over the weekend and posted it tonight before I saw this video. Nice job...Anthony

@DrewsTrains 3 жыл бұрын

Great Video! Thank You for explaining the process so well!

@silverfox5319 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video - very well explained. This is perfect for someone like me who, to say the least, is no expert in model railroading. Glad I subscribed to your channel.

@newfenrisrailroad621 5 жыл бұрын

Great video jimmy, hope my layout looks as good as yours as I’m mixing unitrack and flex together on my modules.

@erict.8190 5 жыл бұрын

Good morning Jimmy that was good unique way if ballasting and weathering Kato track kind like what u did there

@marktien 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing! It's very helpful to me ^^ I am a beginner from Taiwan~

@LeonKolenda Жыл бұрын

I have to paint my track in my living room, are there any fumes from using Acrylic paint in an Airbrush? I thought about doing each piece of track in my garage and then assembling it on the layout, what do you think about that vs laying the track and then airbrushing it?

@cbirailroad 2 жыл бұрын

Jimmy, what do you do to airbrush the Kato turnouts and crossovers?

@ictmainline9273 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly the tip I was looking for.

@dave3301 5 жыл бұрын

Informative, Now I know what Kato track looks like ballasted. Thank you keep up the fine work.

@josepheiden2777 5 жыл бұрын

Great video. Inspired me to ballast my unitrack. But I wish someone would do an in depth video on ballasting unitrack turnouts. Including the large 4 switch turnout.

@andydundas2443 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Looks great!

@joanneboutin7904 9 ай бұрын

Great Video, Thanks!

@RDNTrains 5 жыл бұрын

Nice job Jimmy. What is your technique for ballasting your turnouts? Randy

@DeStoreholmskeBaner 5 жыл бұрын

Did you remember to add a drop of liquid dishwasher to you glue/water mix? Also, instead of IPA, you can use water and a drop of liquid dish soap. If you have a condensating clothes dryer, use the water from that, as it is better than ordinary tap water

@cruisinjoe 5 жыл бұрын

Nice video but it assumes that everyone has an airbrush which I do not . I just paint the rails with a brush and that cheap brown paint from Walmart (thinned a bit with water or alcohol) Neatness does not matter as the rust seems go everywhere on the prototype . Wipe the paint off the top of the rails with a paper towel and call it done.

@radiofry 2 жыл бұрын

Tonight I finished painting my n scale track with a brush. Now my knees, back, and eyes are shot. Haha.

@LRSX 4 жыл бұрын

Is the airbrush thinner acrylic as well?

@Richblondin 5 жыл бұрын

Great video. what are you using on top of the pink foam?

@kerry_glock 3 ай бұрын

If you decide to switch scales, from KATO N Scale Unitrack to HO, is there a market for weathered and glued Unitrack? At about $2.50 for each piece of Curved or Straight Unitrack and $20.00 per #6 Turnout, I probably have around $1,000.00 invested in track thus far. (I guess if I was looking for Unitrack in N Scale, I probably am going to purchase “New Track”. What do you say? Deal or No Deal for Used Track?) I’d like to get trains running ASAP too, but geez are cars nowadays expensive! In any Scale! O Scale Cars are the same price as N Scale. I’ve been away from the hobby for 30 years and you, DJs Trains, The Late Great (IMO) Roy Smith, have influenced me at age 69, to get back into Model Railroading. I’ve decided to use the KATO N Scale Unitrack, but I’m somewhat gun shy to place a lot of money into the rolling stock and engines until I have a 2 track East & West Mainline up and running in a 13’ by 22’ Basement Area. Oh, and by the way, I’m really PO’d at the Electric Company! We built our Dream House in 1994 and the Original Basement Model Railroad Area was to have been 25’ by 40’, but the Electric Company took 80 square feet away from me. They required the Incoming Service Panel be placed in the Northwest corner of my Basement! So, I lost a major portion of my planned project area! Yep, that changed my footprint into half the space and had me go from HO to N Scale. My basement is the same size as the main floor: 3,800 Square Feet. The decision we made was to build on a single floor with a full basement below. The attached garage is just over 2,000 Square Feet, but there was never any plan to place the Railroad elsewhere, it was going to the basement. Thanks for your Vlogs! They have helped me a lot to become more knowledgeable. I believe I have had a Subscription to Model Railroader Magazine since 1984. So amazing to look back 40 years and see what was is now so antiquated. (LOL, I remember the High School Years 1970-1973 and using a Slide Rule and having a basic 4 maybe 5 function Texas Instruments Calculator, and that’s when I first became interested in Model Railroading having the 4 by 8 sheet of plywood and HO Atlas Snap Track, Switches and Controllers.)