Now that the wagon is weathered, I'm much happier with the shade used, it's darker than it was. Unfortunately this wagon has come out in stripes! It was a reject from the current batch I'm printing for this reason, so it didn't pass QC. I thought I'd build it up myself to test the livery and the new brake design, and it's not nearly as bad as it looks in the photos, so will probably join the layout fleet. Not that I need another ballast wagon, I have three of these now, all in different liveries, and no requirement for a ballast train in my micro colliery! I'll probably be able to use one at a time as part of the shunting puzzle, so they're not all redundant.