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Ballast transforms your railway from a train set to model railway but it's time consuming, fiddly and slow to lay. No more with this brilliant little ballast spreader. There are lots of tools and techniques to distribute ballast. From gently scattering the tiny grey pebbles with a spoon or...
The both seem to have some merit, I have hundreds of feet of N scale Peco track to ballast and I'm looking for input here. The spread with a spoon (or similar) seems kinda messy and slow with cleanup afterwards. The price seems worth it depending on the feedback I get here.
I've tried several ballast spreaders over the decades and haven't found one that truely works. I have always had to go back and adjust the ballast with a brush if sorts.
I would say any ballast spreader is just as efficient as pouring the ballast using a disposable cup. Either way, ya need to touch it up quite a bit.
I purchased one of the ballast spreaders since I did hear some good comments about its operation. It still remains to be seen if the comments were correct.
Ballast transforms your railway from a train set to model railway but it's time consuming, fiddly and slow to lay. No more with this brilliant little ballast spreader. There are lots of tools and techniques to distribute ballast. From gently scattering the tiny grey pebbles with a spoon or...
The both seem to have some merit, I have hundreds of feet of N scale Peco track to ballast and I'm looking for input here. The spread with a spoon (or similar) seems kinda messy and slow with cleanup afterwards. The price seems worth it depending on the feedback I get here.
There are plenty of these around, just go on eBay and will cost a lot less than the Proses one, which I think are overpriced for what they are anyway. Like these.
Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for OO / HO gauge ballast spreader - Value Edition at the best online prices at eBay! Free delivery for many products.
Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 00 oo gauge ballast spreader - ballast layer at the best online prices at eBay! Free delivery for many products.
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Oh! and they come from Turkey, not the UK, some UK shops like Hattons just stock them. You could make your own with styrene if you wanted too
I bought their track cleaner, which is definitely one to avoid.
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