Kent Coast Railway (formerly Faversham Creek)
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OO Gauge, end to end, Museum line, Broadly based on the Kent Coast line
[user=1512]Headmaster[/user] wrote:Hi Michael.I am having a bit of trouble with my ballast (!) In the dioramas I made, I used grey ballast, but from my youth I remember ballast being a light brown and cream stone in our neck of the woods - although it is all grey nowadays. I have tried a variety of greys with mixed effects; Some turned green when PVA was applied…. "OO gauge" ballast looked more like boulders and didn't really sit well, so I ended up using a much finer variety which I think worked better…..
So, I bought some fine brown ballast, trying to get a light brown, rather than dark, but it has a sparkle to it which will need to be toned down a lot if I am to use it. I did a test piece, but I ended up making it look….grey!
Does anyone have any suggestions?
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Michael
Use N gauge ballast.
Woodland Scenics ballast doesn't turn green when in contact with pva.
Spraying the ballast with Acrylic Matt Varnish should kill the sparkle.
Tony.
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Cheers
Michael
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Thanks Tony - Do you happen to know if they do a light brown ballast? Computers don't always give an accurate representation of colours.
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Michael
Hi Michael.
Try this video.
https://woodlandscenics.woodlandscenics.com/show/video/Ballast
Here's a link to the colours available.
https://woodlandscenics.woodlandscenics.com/show/category/BallastAndCoal
Tony.
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Maybe a mix of the browns and buff will hit the mark. I'll give it a try
Michael
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It started life as a bamboo skewer, but with a bit of work is now quite a passable length of guttering! It's pretty good for scale too, being about 2mm across.
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Michael
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Maybe some pictures to follow though
Michael
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I've used a tracksetta for the first time that is great for straights.
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And I've also used a gauge for track spacing for the first time. Again, so useful and great for consistency
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The next section of the backscene completed. The sky doesn't change colour like that…. just my photography skills!
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I've also decided to go with DCC Concepts levers for my points control. They work just fine as momentary switches, but will probably link them through the required encoder to make everything digital and reduce the wiring. They are lovely!!
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The final corner at the rear of the unit is prepared and drying, ready for a coloured basecoat and some scenic. I hope some animated rabbits might appear here!! (See my question about using old solenoid points motors!!). I intend to have some of the abbey ruins on this section and a matching backscene. In keeping with my theme, this section is inspired by the novel, Love Among the Ruins…..
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I thought I might put some Abbey ruins in this corner, so have taken some old linka bits I have lying around
And I've added some clay which I used to fashion some of the stone filler
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Then added a bit of colour…..
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I've started to prepare the final scenic section at the rear of the layout, and the first of the ruins is planted. Some more to be added, some footpaths, trees, bushes and the odd climbing plant to break things up. Maybe some figures…… and some rabbits! This fits into the corner and the colour match with the back scene is quite good.
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