So, there I am on the stand at the NEC, and Colin arrives. I know he is interested in ancient modelling materials, so I show him my bag of Dee Ess's ballast. I'd taken it a long to joke with the guys on the Peco stand about - asking if they had any more. The answer was, "a few months ago, possibly, but we've been cleaning up the warehouse."
Anyway, he looks at it and then says, "I'll take this, and raise you these.", plonking a couple of bags of ELK STandard compound down.
A quick search brings up an advert from 1954 for their track, which is what Colin is especially interested in, but the ballast is a good find too.
One bag is dyed sawdust, and the other, ground up cork.
It's probably a good job I didn't spot these for sale. I really don't need any more of this stuff!
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