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The light gray will show coal dust weathering very well, I think you'll like that choice. For my own railroad, what I'm doing is painting the insides and underbody of my hoppers black, and then painting only the vertical surfaces red; this is in keeping with my overall paint scheme of red and black. I am supposing that the railroad would not want to bother with red paint where it isn't going to be seen and where it will only get dirty. My decals will still be white paint, as this is my scheme, but I could just as easily have gone with black as you are doing. Maybe you might want to do the same, just paint gray on the sides. <br /> <br />If you do paint anything solid black, I recommend mixing a little bit of light gray or white into your black, to create a color that is really a dark charcoal color. This will let you see details better, and will show off a good weathering job much better. I model N+W (in addition to my fictional road) and so I'm going to have a LOT of black hoppers, but I'm painting them all just slightly lighter than true black for this reason. They'll all get plenty of coal dust later, which will settle into the cracks and highlight the details.
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