Hi All! At the risk of interferring with our ongoing weekly fuss-fest (pray for our moderators), I would like to do something a bit sacriligious and ask about some MODELING stuff.
'Ya know... when you scrape off the dross from off the top, beneath the surface there are some excellent modelers that frequent this list. Too many to mention, lest I overlook some... but very good modelers, and seem to be heck of bunch of nice guys "out there", too. Hang tough... in regards to the current "thing" that's "hot"... like the Biblical truth, "This too, shall pass." Anyway... here goes the (off-topic?) modeling question: Shabbona Bob: In regards to your yard ballasting efforts of late, can you share more pics? I assume you are basing your yard "look" on yards that you were around, or was regional to your theme? "One of these days", I would like to caputure the cinder/dark ballast look I remember seeing as a lad in the industrial areas around KC. Here at the railroad I work for, there's a fracking product that leaks out of hoppers. I "think" it looks to be useable for such a look. (Finely textured, cinder looking coloration.) However, I have yet had the time to go scoop up a sample and bring it home for a closer look. Sometimes such items are more "grainy" and/or "coarse" when seen in the layout setting. Andre Ming
