Great story, and one I can certainly relate to.
Ed Koz Sanford, Maine From: Bob Werre <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 10:33 AM >Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Rock Ballast Article (was I'm "s"old!) > > > >It seems as though the choice of ballast is much like the choice of >cars--some cost more, some have many colors but certainly most will get >us there. > >My first experience in junior high was with bird gravel, Weldwood >powdered glue and some gray powdered paint. I wet it in place and it >worked for that time period. > >When I started my present layout, I bought some long forgotten brand of >ballast in a medium gray. After wetting much of the color left the >product. Before it was completely dry, I tried to remove it--man what a >mess. It sort of all balled up like a popcorn ball, so I finally let it >dry and then scrapped it out and overlaid it with something else. > >And talk about cheap. My wife and I were once given a "mad ball" with >some company logo on it. I finally got tired of it and cut it open to >see what it was made of--looked like Woodland Scenics medium brown, so I >used it. So I stole my wife's and ballasted about 6' of track. So >that's what guys who don't have IRA's do to save money! > >Bob Werre >PhotoTraxx.com > >> Hey Mike. >> >> As a former proponent of cheap cat litter on this list, and now an >> admitted user of Woodland Scenics products, I take no offense from >> your remarks <g>. My days of buying brass are long past, due to the >> performance of my IRA! And now that I’m building a large layout, I try >> to cut costs wherever I can. >> >> But cost is not the main reason that I use these materials: WS medium >> gray blend ballast is the closest match that I have found to the >> Monon’s main line, and cat litter replicates broken limestone from the >> southern Indiana stone quarries better than any other product. What’s >> more, both materials take water based paint and stain quite well: more >> realistically than real stone. >> >> See: >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/photos/album/135944245/pic/700718699/view?picmode=&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&count=20&dir=asc >> >> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/photos/album/135944245/pic/700718699/view?picmode=&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&count=20&dir=asc> >> >> To each his own. >> >> Roger Nulton >> > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
