... have left it at that. At the time I didn't think it looked very different to the primer so I then experimented with more brown and a shade or three darker. In strong sunlight it look pretty good. So then I tried ever so gently and sparingly sparying the side of the rail a sort of rust colour. I then put it in place on the layout to photograph and suddenly it became ever so dark. Quite extraordinary the difference and I think far too dark probably. Below you can see my problem. 2787_241040_020000000.jpg Once ballasted of course that will lighten it. Time to let it "sink"and see how it looks in a bit. Andrew posted: 24 Feb 2019 17:31 from: Nigel Brown For sleeper colour it may be about right; I use a sort of graphite on mine. When ballasted you'll only see the sleeper tops. It also depends on what sort of lighting you intend to use, if any. For rail I tend to use something distinctly lighter, a lightish greyish brown. A lot of ...