--- In [email protected], "mhrreast" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I went down to the Water Level Route and measured the ballast
size -SNIP-
> Ted Larson
Ted...To measure the ballast size you were probably standing within
three or four feet of the prototype ballast granules. To view
ballast on a model railroad layout, you are probably about two or
three ptototype feet away -- a distance of 128 to 192 scale feet.
How big will the ballast grains appear on the prototype if you are
standing about 150 feet away? My bet is that it would look mighty
small. Trying to attain the same visual effect (seeing the
individual grains) might mean using larger-than-correct-scale-size
ballast to simulate what you see when standing close to trackside
while railfanning. Perception is reality!!
Besides, my quest is for lightweight ballast, not any particular
size of ballast. Still looking for cork, rubber, walnut shells
(Woodlands Scenics if all else fails), or some other non-heavy
(excludes rocks) commercially available material that has been
satisfactorily used.
Cheers...Ed L.
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