(See the area at
.)
That still leaves the question open about what a shingle or insu-
lation plant would have been shipping and receiving in the ‘70s.
Does anyone know?
What’s in those cars? –
Painting N scale rail
Q.
I am modeling my N scale yard which I am hand-laying
using jigs from Fast Tracks. I am getting close to painting the
rails and ties and looking at giving most of it a coat of a grimy
black color, as I model the transition years. I am thinking of
using household latex paint for this. I have been reading about
mixing this for airbrushing, but am getting far more "Can't be
done" articles than ones that explain how to do it. Has anyone
done this with good results?
– Allan66
A.
Eric Hall uses Behr Color Sample paint with a Badger 350,
shooting through the large tip and thinning 50% with isopro-
pyl alcohol.
He uses Espresso Beans, Broadway, and Aging Barrel, and
sometimes some Mined Coal to lighten the browns up. Shop
for colors, not names. House paint names change frequently.
His base is Espresso Beans with a brush wash with Aging Barrel.
“I like to use a minimum of three colors on anything I do. Four
and five colors are better just to fool the eye. Just a slight
change in color shade will take away that two-tone look that
we see all the time.”
He finishes with chalk dusting on the center and the outer edges
of the track, and sometimes uses black non-sanded grout. See
Eric’s Gila Springs & Mesquite layout design and progress at
