In an effort to make ?Nickel Silver (grey roadbed) EZ track look more realistic, should I buy fine color- matched ballast and add it to the edge of the tracks? I don’t want to actually ballast the entire track, just where the edge of the roadbed reaches the ground.
Getting an ‘exact’ match may be difficult. I remember that Kato had a matching ballast for their trackage.
Jim
Yes it will make it look better. I only ballast the outside of the rails on my layout. That to me if good enough. So try it in a area and see if you like it. I think you will. Post pic.
If tou could get the track off the roadbed base, i would paint it to match what you find. Also reduces the. "Same as everybody else " Condition. Or just cover the base in ballast. Ironically. Paint is the best “adheisive”. To bond scenery material to plastic.
I understand not wanting to ballast EZ Track can’t stand how the roadbed looks sectional and toy like without ballast so I bit the bullet and just did it.
Unlike Kato or Atlas ‘click track’, Bachmann’s EZ track is not meant to represent a track with ballast. Rather it’s track with roadbed attached - the gray part takes the place of using cork roadbed. Once the track is in place, you’re supposed to add ballast between the ties and along the sides. Bachmann has been running an ad off and on for a decade or so, with a Ken Patterson photo clearly showing the tracks in the process of being ballasted.
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Even if it is not an exact match, it will be a big help in appearance.
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-Kevin
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