i would look at pics of the area you plan to model and go with simular colors as you see of local gravel or other companies. Give the kit a regional flare.
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
All Floquil colors (hopefully you have them):
Lower floors: 50% Concrete, 50% Reefer White
Metal siding and conveyor sides: Platinum Mist
Roof: 50% Platinum Mist, 50% Reefer White
Bins, ladders, etc: 50% Rust, 50% Boxcar Red
Sorry no pics, not done building yet, thinking of adding the new kit to the front (Glacier Ind Sands)
Mine doesn't move.......it's at the station!!!
Here are a couple of photos of HO scale Glacier Gravel on the Boothbay Railway Village layout, done by a couple of our voluenteers. We are modeling it as a rock crusher for the limestone quarry that supplies the Dragon Products canent plant.
Frank - Thanks for sharing the link to our Sand and Gravel VR page... and I'm glad that you found the panoramas to be helpful for creating your model train landscape... our staff photographer does a super job of capturing the light and getting wonderful, high resolution images.
I'd love to see a photo of your trains! Would you send one to linda [@] vibco.com ?
zstripe Clinton, Take a look at some of the pic's in 1:1 of gravel sites, for some idea's, just click on link: http://www.vibco.com/photos-videos/on-the-job-panoramas/sand-gravel Frank
Clinton,
Take a look at some of the pic's in 1:1 of gravel sites, for some idea's, just click on link:
http://www.vibco.com/photos-videos/on-the-job-panoramas/sand-gravel
Frank
NittanyLion There's no reason a company couldn't elect to paint their building purple, if they wanted to spend the money.
There's no reason a company couldn't elect to paint their building purple, if they wanted to spend the money.
Slightly off topic but I actually have a hotel building that the back is painted pink. It is inspired by a hotel from my hometown's history that actually was painted pink. I have the front painted tan trying to inspire a broze look.
Generally speaking, I'm not a super huge fan of "its your railroad, do what you want." But when it comes to buildings...
A lot of metal structures like that are a pale blue, pale green, or a gray. But occasionally, you'll see one painted for specific reasons or because of a corporate identity. There's some white ones at a steel mill I've seen because of an effort to show that steel production is less polluting than it used to be and look a WHITE BUILDING! Or cement plant that was a vibrant blue because the ownership was Jewish and used tekhelet blue for their buildings. There's no reason a company couldn't elect to paint their building purple, if they wanted to spend the money.
Paint it dust. Here is mine in HO. http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j348/locoi1sa/SAM_0111.jpg
http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j348/locoi1sa/SAM_0110.jpg
Lots of rust streaks, and aged concrete color. Believe it or not it is washed with the stuff out of the cup I wash my paint brushes in. Looks like black ink but it is paint from the brushes mixed with water. The wash is what really brings out the depth.
As you can see it is not what is pictured on the box but infact changed around and I built a truck dump too with a feed conveyor to the main plant.
Pete
I pray every day I break even, Cause I can really use the money!
I started with nothing and still have most of it left!
hi and thanks for the reply frank, it is a walther cornerstone kit, it is molded in a gray color so just weather it real good with the rust and touchs of steel and dust,that works out good i wont need to buy a color to paint the siding and top first , and thanks for the video link, looked at it and there is a lot of info in the pictures to go by, appreciate the help. clinton
Clintont56,
To The Forums. If that is a Cornerstone kit, the parts should already be molded in a color that was the actual model color. Like a light gray, maybe a hint of silver, for the corrugated metal and probably a heavy coat of dust and dirt, even rust, from the surrounding, aggregate and gravel. Never did see one that was pristine.
after being packed away for several yrs im working on getting an n gauge layout started,and im working on my first structure which is glacier gravel and im not sure what color gray to buy that would look the best before trying to weather it,ive only get a few model car paints left and im trying to get some of the acrylic railroad colors and wanted to ask what might be the best choice to paint the top part of it, it looks like it was molded to look like galvinized siding and not sure what color to buy. thanks for any suggestions. clinton