Ballast spreaders

[trkilliman]

I am interested to hear opinions on these. Having always used the age old method of sprinkling, shaping and gluing, I am intrigued by these newish products. There are some cheapish ones around and some that are a fair bit more expensive.

Can anyone advise please?

[mr bachmann]

if that spreader idea could be adapted into a ballast wagon you could play trains whilst getting on with the job , it would relieve the boredom 

[bluedepot]

i wasn't that impressed with the one i got - i still ended up moving the ballast around with a paint brush for ages to get it arranged how i wanted


tim

[sparky]

I used a prose spreader but to be honest found it quicker to sprinkle by hand as less is best when ballasting !

[Chetcombe]

i wasn't that impressed with the one i got - i still ended up moving the ballast around with a paint brush for ages to get it arranged how i wanted


tim

I had the exact same experience, tried it once and put it back in the box where it has stayed ever since

[Sprintex]

I used the best ballast-spreader available, it was free too

It's called a "finger"


Paul