Ballasting

I've begun ballasting the main lines.  It's a slow process, one where you do a little section at a time.  I've watched a few videos on best methods for doing this, most of it boils down to: pour some along a section of the center of the track and smooth with your finger.  Pour along the sides until it covers the cork roadbed.  Spray/drop scenic cement on there, let dry for a day.  I thought that using the spray bottle, I was using too much scenic cement mix and kept having to go back and spray things again.  So I got some eye droppers and used that, that seems to work more precisely.  I'm using a Woodland Scenics medium grade gray blend, it looks alright.  Kinda brighter than I expected, but maybe that's because I got used to the dark brown-painted rails and roadbed.  It does make it look one step closer to complete (though there's a very long way to go).

Lessons learned:

1. Try out some different methods, see what works. 
2. Keep a rag handy, to wipe off the tops of the rails as you work.
3. Be careful not to dump too much ballast along the sides, if you do, the cement may not penetrate all the way and it won't be secure.
4. I tried a method from Model Railroader where you rub some glue along the sides and drop a little ballast along there.  Let that dry.  That gives the rest of the ballast on the sides something to cling to.  I found it difficult in places to get the ballast to pile properly along the cork roadbed. 
5. I realized I'm going to go through a lot of ballast and a lot of scenic cement.  No problem, it'll be a good ongoing project.