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Nine realistic colors and three sizes of ballast allow as much accuracy as possible in detailing your layout. We know the importance of the right color for indicating types of track and usage. Also try ballast for wagon loads, roadworks, or gravel bins. Gray Blend Ballast provides the realism of several shades of gray, blended in proper proportions. The larger bag means greater economy. Note: Colors and texture are approximate due to display variations. |
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Applying Ballast to Railroad Layouts |
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| 1: Pour Ballast down the center of the track. Spread ballast with a dry paint brush, brush ballast off of rail ties and rails. | 2: Mist lightly then thoroughly soak with Scenic Cement. |
Most colors of ballast are packaged in 7 ounce bags and 30 ounce shaker bottles. Gray Blend ballast is packaged in 17 ounce bags and 30 ounce shaker bottles. Coal is packaged in 9 cubic inch bags. |
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Iron Ore |
Dark Brown |
Brown |
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Buff |
Light Gray |
Gray |
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Cinders |
Gray Blend |
Coal |
| SCALE REFERENCE CHART: BALLAST and COAL | |||||
| SCALE | FINE | MEDIUM | COARSE | COAL WOD92 | COAL WOD93 |
| Z (1/220) | 2.2"-7.3" | 7.3"-11" | 11"-18.3" | 0"-16" | 11"-27" |
| N (1/160) | 1.6"-5.3" | 5.3"-8" | 8"-13.3" | 0"-12" | 8"-20" |
| HO (1/87) | .9"-2.9" | 2.9"-4.3" | 4.4"-7.2" | 0"-6" | 4"-10" |
| 1/72 | .74"-2.4" | 2.4"-3.5" | 3.6"-6.0" | 0"-4.5" | 3"-7.5" |
| S (1/64) | .6"-2.1" | 2.1"-3.2" | 3.2"-5.3" | 0"-4" | 2.6"-6.6" |
| 0 (1/48) | .5"-1.6" | 1.6"-2.4" | 2.4"-3.9" | 0"-2.2" | 2"-5" |
| 1/35 | .7"-2.2" | 2.2"-3.3" | 3.3"-5.4" | 0"-1.5" | 1.5"-3.6" |
| G (1/24) | .24"-.8" | .8"-1.2" | 1.2"-1.9" | 0"-1.5" | 1"-2.5" |
