Can I get away with grey ballast?

Even older tom · 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.

Cheers

poliss

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

http://www.evyl.org/tour2001/Day18d.htm

poliss

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

Even older tom

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!

poliss

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

Joe

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.

Even older tom

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

Should we all be a bit embarrassed Pol?

poliss

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.