gou1 Posted April 22, 2021 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 :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Knight Posted April 22, 2021 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). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gou1 Posted April 23, 2021 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). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarloweBricks Posted October 6, 2021 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/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
name-already-exist Posted December 5, 2021 (edited) 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, 2021 by name-already-exist Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
verybricks Posted December 22, 2021 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
name-already-exist Posted December 27, 2021 I agree to you. Using the Trixbrix ballast plates is sometimes the better choice, for example when needing ballast for switches ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dtomsen Posted December 27, 2021 (edited) 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, 2021 by dtomsen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
verybricks Posted February 4, 2022 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
