Hi Jim; Good news is, most grassy track would be a bit short on ballast. It either was mostly dirt to begin with, or the ballast was infiltrated by dirt. I think the folks writing about making the track with static grass applied glue between the ties, then applied the static grass. A quick vacume would remove most fibers from the ties once the glue dried.
Pieter E. Roos --- On Sun, 2/6/11, Jim and Cheryl Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Jim and Cheryl Martin <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} grassy trackage > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, February 6, 2011, 2:21 PM > Hi Bill: > > I've actually been giving this some thought myself. I > think you' be into a ton > of masking if you tried to keep static grass off your > ties. I'm thinking when I > get around to giving it a try, I'll pluck bits of pot > toppers and use a sticky > craft glue to plant them between the ties. Most > modelers who try building > grassy track, glue their grass on top of the ballast, but I > will try gluing the > grass down first and then sprinkling fine dirt down and > around the grass and > between the ties. The devil will be in cleaning the > ballast from the tie tops > ahead of gluing it. With the grass in place, I won't > be able to level the > ballast by running a brush or finger across the > ties. I'll probably have to > use a fine artist's brush on each tie. It could be > very tedious but worth > trying on a short stretch. Like I say, this is all > "imagineering" at this point > but I like experimenting with scenery techniques. > > Jim > > > > ________________________________ > From: Pieter Roos <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sun, February 6, 2011 1:10:05 PM > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} grassy trackage > > > Hi Bill; > > This was discussed on the Proto-Layouts yahoo group a while > back. Basically your > choices are static grass or Silflor type material > (Michael's Crafts "Pot > Toppers" are a cheaper expedient to the pricey Silflor, but > more work). > > Pieter E. Roos > > --- On Sun, 2/6/11, Bill Lane <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > All, > > > > Has anyone ever made grassy overgrown trackage but > with the > > intention of > > **running on it regularly?** (Sounds like this is a > job for > > grass man Brian > > Jackson!) I also plan on trying to make at least part > of my > > yard as the > > "black mucky can't see a tie" thing with just varying > parts > > of the rails > > exposed. My number 1 idea for now is regular spackle. > We > > will see when the > > time comes. > > > > Ideas and more importantly photos? > > > > > > Thank You, > > Bill Lane > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [email protected] > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
