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Track weathering colors?
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What colours do you fancy[%-)] <br />If you haven't done so already i suggest that you go to my profile and read all the stuff on ballast and weathering. <br />Simple principles seem to be... <br />Base colour should be suited to the origins of the material <br />"Weathering" both ageing and deposited crud are specific to locality, traffic and history. <br />More recent "weathering"/deposits shows up where the colour is distinct... as in shiny new/clean ballast added on top of old yeuky stuff. <br />For it to look really good you don't want to end up with an overall colour but want to be able to read a story of development over time. <br /> <br />As to your original question... <br />It doesn't matter what colours someone else uses... find what looks right for you. <br />Then again... I use microscale flextrack which comes with the rail weathered for a little bit more £. I believe that I can get a rail weathering agent for the stuff I bought before i found the ready done stuff. <br />To determine what colours you want to use for your ballast look at LOADS of pics... from all sorts of angles. You might want to try to reduce the pics you are looking at to a state, an area of the state and then by whether the track is main, siding or yard (what sort of yard)... then also by period. <br /> <br />Have fun![:D]
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