Preferred way to ballast Lego train track?

[Redteamrocks]

soo.. I decided yesterday that I want to ballast my train track in my city. I'm curious how everyone else has done it in their layout/city.

I see a couple different routes that I could take:

• Buy all the pieces and build the ballast 
• Buy 3d printed or injection molded ballast plates from somewhere like TrixBrix

Neither option is particularly cheap, but I would like to go the most cost effective route.

Also, does anyone know any other good US based sellers that do ballast plates for R40? OKBrickWorks was my original go to for this, but they don't offer any R40 options :(

[bogieman]

I've bought injection molded R40 and straight ballast plates from an AliExpress seller and am very pleased with the fit and finish. Here's a link:

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256804522620044.html?spm=a2g0o.order_detail.order_detail_item.3.35a1f19cmSQDAr&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa

The straight ballast plates are about $0.61 each if you buy 100, They fit both Lego and clone track I've bought. I've been printing my own R56, R72, and R88 ballast plates to fit Bricktracks, BlueBrixx, and TrixBrix molded tracks and TrixBrix R72 switches with good success too, after several iterations to get the fit where I like it.

Dave

[Redteamrocks]

On 8/29/2023 at 10:30 AM, bogieman said:

I've bought injection molded R40 and straight ballast plates from an AliExpress seller and am very pleased with the fit and finish. Here's a link:

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256804522620044.html?spm=a2g0o.order_detail.order_detail_item.3.35a1f19cmSQDAr&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa

The straight ballast plates are about $0.61 each if you buy 100, They fit both Lego and clone track I've bought. I've been printing my own R56, R72, and R88 ballast plates to fit Bricktracks, BlueBrixx, and TrixBrix molded tracks and TrixBrix R72 switches with good success too, after several iterations to get the fit where I like it.

Dave

This is exactly what I was needing. Thank you!