seems common for wooden trestles to range in color from light to darker brown or a relatively consistent gray. I understand a relatively new trestle might be the color of freshly cut wood, but as wood ages, doesn't it turn gray.
i think an indian ink wash produces varying shades of dark gray black that are more realistic as in the model below
greg - Philadelphia & Reading / Reading
Most of the old exposed weathered wood I see driving through small towns in the South, is in fact gray.
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-Kevin
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The timbers of a wood trestle would probably be creosoted, so the india ink wash is much more realiztic.
Fresh lumber is going to be a light brown color, depending on wood species, but left exposed, wood tends to turn to a greyish color if not protected with some preservative coat. Look at an old wood fence, or some of those kid's play structures that are still real wood. Usually a medium to light grey, depending on the amount of sun exposure. Plain old brown? Unless painted in an actual color, like the cream and brown of a Reading structure, wood is not much goign to be brown. The real light tannish birwn might be good for a fresh cut treer stump, or a stack of lumber fresh out of the mill.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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rrinkerThe timbers of a wood trestle would probably be creosoted, so the india ink wash is much more realiztic.
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