Ballast and be damned

Some people hate ballasting, some people never do it, but I reckon it's one quick thing that begins to transform a toy train into a model.

In Z scale, the work seems no different to any other scale, and I wrote a more detailed post on ballasting here (on N scale track) a few years ago:
http://motoriseddandruff.blogspot.co.nz/2013/03/getting-stoned-ballasting-101.html

For Wassen's lower level, I was pretty finicky about getting the stones all laid out nicely before glueing, used isopropyl alcohol to pre-wet the ballast, and use plastic pipettes to apply this and the diluted PVA glue.

I used a JTT ballast that has a slight green/blue tinge to it - mainly because it was available from a local purveyor, and it was reasonably priced.

I've done a 'fair' job and have tidied up a few bits since these pictures.

Might have to weather the tracks when everything has dried, but in the meantime this feels like a milestone in terms of scenery on the lower level.