Looks good man. I think the ballast looks bright because of the flash of the camera. I too, like the look of the trailers parked off to the side. Well done
must say nice work. If the ballast is two white use a rubbing alchol and paint mixuter unless you can get India ink I then use a pipette/ eyes dropper and skim the top of the mixture to just get enough color in the ballast.
Trust me, its the camera, not the ballast. The only problem he had was with the glue/ballast being on the railhead / flangeways but I fixed that with a little scrubbing.
As already mentioned just darken the ballast down. For good photos of track ballast I like to look at the prototype photos on www.railpictures.net . Nothing like using the real thing for a reference.
Good weathering job on the building and the truck trailers.
Suggestion: Consider later putting some more locomotive service related items in and around the building: Stacked pallets, a forklift truck, several metal work tables against the building’s wall, blowtorch set next to the tables, scrap metal bin, small pile of rusting loco wheel sets, some more 55 gallon barrells, hand trucks/dollies, a medium duty hoist for small heavy parts, , etc.
Being that’s it’s post 1960s you can add the usual
"Caution",
“Hard Hat Area”,
“Safety Glasses Required”
and other safety related signs onto and outside of the building.
Thanks for all the comments and the tips. Ya I know the ballast looks really bright and that is due to the camera flash. I took these photos at about 10 o clock at night so the ballast looks really bright. But I would like to darken it so I will take your advice.
BTW: AntonioFP45, I am going to do just what you said. Unfortunately I don’t have all that stuff and my LHS is open when ever the owner decides to open. But I will be adding a couple of pick up trucks and rusting wheels and other interesting things the layout. I will keep you up to date.
The Hill side started out as foam and then was covered in paper mashay and then painted with an earth color paint. Then I started adding the scenery. I want to go out and buy some more trees like birch trees and fallen trees. plus in the right hand corner of the layout there is a utillity shop that will become a warehouse for the engine shed.
Hey, Milwaukee, Not bad! A little more shrubbery on the slopes, and a dozen more trees, Eh? The learning curve is half the fun of getting there! Enjoy the ride! jc5729
Good looking job, if you would remove those Atlas switch motors and install Atlas under the table switch motors, it would look even better. The under the table switch motors are cheep and are eaey to install and replace.