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Even older tom · Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 5:08 pm Post subject: Can I get away with grey ballast?

Ridley USA is coming along fine (well, it sort of is. I'll do an update soon bounce

) except that I don't know if grey ballast will be right. Would they import ballast or use whatever was local? Ridley USA is a sort of sandy colour and I'll need to be convinced that grey ballast wouldn't look out of place.

I can't find any photos on the net so I'm going to have to rely (as usual) on all you lovely people who've either been there or managed to find some reference material.

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poliss · Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 5:13 pm Post subject:

Does this help? Tis in the middle of the desert.

http://www.evyl.org/tour2001/Day18d.htm
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poliss · Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 5:36 pm Post subject:

Here's a great one from a brownish desert setting with a big pile of grey ballast.

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=276028&nseq=9
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Even older tom · Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 5:39 pm Post subject:

You've come up trumps again Pol! You really are a angel13

It's even got some rather good pics of grassy scrub at the side of the track - wonderful!

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poliss · Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 5:46 pm Post subject:

This website might be of interest too.
"High desert in Nevada's Great Basin featuring mountains, canyons, valleys, railroad yard, tunnel, and cuts."
http://nevadanorthernrailway.net/Movies/Movies.htm
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Joe · Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 7:01 pm Post subject:

From the first link that poliss gave it apears to be a dusty white ballast, try different shades of whites and browns on bits of ballast with ground chalk pastels and se what works, this would be my method but ive never done it before so dont take my word for that.

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Even older tom · Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:33 pm Post subject:

I've just realised that the forum banner picture shows Jupiter with grey ballast!

Should we all be a bit embarrassed Pol?

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poliss · Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:54 pm Post subject:

Well ummm, I knew there was a pic of jupiter in the desert sooo I went to my favourites page and found the website. Never thought of looking at the banner pic though.

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