Posted April 22, 20213 yr Hello, I'm ballasting tracks onto baseplates with the L-Gauge reference instructions (http://l-gauge.org/wiki/index.php/Reference_Instructions). I'm using third-party R56 curves (from Trixbrix, but I guess it should apply to any brand) and I was wondering if any of you had a good way of ballasting those ? I tried a couple options inspired from R40 ballast, but it leaves gaps bigger than I would like, and I couldn't find examples on the Web. Thanks :)
April 22, 20213 yr 20 minutes ago, gou1 said: I'm using third-party R56 curves (from Trixbrix, but I guess it should apply to any brand) and I was wondering if any of you had a good way of ballasting those ? Well, no: The number of sleepers and their position are quite manufacturer-dependent. For Trixbrix I seriously would consider their 3d-printed ballasting plates: They fit perfectly and don't have any holes in them (unlike whatever might have that you build from bricks).
April 23, 20213 yr Author On 4/22/2021 at 11:12 AM, Black Knight said: The number of sleepers and their position are quite manufacturer-dependent. TIL that's good to know, thanks ! On 4/22/2021 at 11:12 AM, Black Knight said: For Trixbrix I seriously would consider their 3d-printed ballasting plates: They fit perfectly and don't have any holes in them (unlike whatever might have that you build from bricks). Yeah I might end up doing that ; I'm still hoping to find a good compromise built out of Lego, since it's easy to reuse the bricks for whatever other project later on. Do you know of any example of ballasting R56 with Lego, maybe with another brand than Trixbrix, that I could use for inspiration, but with a "1 piece" curve track ? (I mean Not like L-Gauge reference instructions for R56 which uses 2-pieces ME Models rails the actual curve : http://l-gauge.org/downloads/Ref006BallastR56CurveRevA.pdf).
October 6, 20213 yr I ran into the same problem when I went to ballast my R56 curves. I started with L-Guage's guide lines, but then slowly worked through 4 or 5 revisions until I found a solution I liked. I uploaded some photos of how I did mine (track is from Bricktrack's): http://marlowebricks.com/2021/10/06/ballasting-r56-curves/
December 5, 20213 yr Hey folks, have you seen this solution? https://www.fxbricks.com/downloads/Fx-R56-BallastInstructions-A4.pdf Looks really nice to me. CU Frank Edited December 5, 20213 yr by name-already-exist
December 22, 20213 yr Thanks that's intersting to see options with regulars bricks ! FWIW I ended up using Trixbrix ballast plates https://www.instagram.com/p/CO-CH4TJvV4/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
December 27, 20213 yr I agree to you. Using the Trixbrix ballast plates is sometimes the better choice, for example when needing ballast for switches ...
December 27, 20213 yr 5 hours ago, name-already-exist said: I agree to you. Using the Trixbrix ballast plates is sometimes the better choice, for example when needing ballast for switches ... I agree Edited December 27, 20213 yr by dtomsen
February 4, 20223 yr On 12/5/2021 at 12:42 PM, name-already-exist said: Hey folks, have you seen this solution? https://www.fxbricks.com/downloads/Fx-R56-BallastInstructions-A4.pdf Looks really nice to me. CU Frank It's interesting to see that L-Gauge has added instructions for ballasting third party tracks (trixbrix, fxtracks and bricktracks) from R56 up to R120 : http://l-gauge.org/wiki/index.php?title=Reference_Instructions
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