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What is crackle medium?
Posted in: Painting
2nd January 2020
Crackle medium is a weathering agent in a bottle, it has the appearance of a varnish. When you have primed your...
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What is the best glue to set ballast in place?
Posted in: Assembling and gluing
13th December 2021
The best glue to use for setting ballast in place is one specifically designed for that purpose, such as Noch's...
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What is the difference between a boat and a ship?
Posted in: Best practices
8th June 2021
Finding cut and dry, black or white or definitive rules that without doubt define a vessel as a boat or a ship is not...
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Is there a smaller model railway gauge than N?
Posted in: Model Railway
5th May 2022
There are a couple of gauges smaller than N gauge, the most recognised being Z and T gauges.To give you an idea...
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How wide should a layout be?
Posted in: Design and Planning, Scenery, Best practices
19th November 2019
In theory, the only limit to the width of your layout is the amount of space you have available. The reality is...
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Is ballast grey or brown?

Ballast can be either colour.

If you are creating a layout of a prototype line then you should try and stick as close to the real thing as possible, the stone would have come from a local quarry so the colour of ballast would change from region to region.

So, for the best results do some research on the line you are creating, look at photographs, even pay a visit to the railway in question.

If, however you are building a layout that is not a current or historical line, you can use either colour to suit your preference.

Posted in: Model Railway, Scenery

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