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    Dave Holt

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    Hi Dave,

    its looking very, very good indeed.

    re the ballast colour, I would use an air brush for that process so as not to over flatten the ash ballast look, on my 'shawbridge' and 'Wainthrop' layouts, I used No79 Humbrol grey as the main base colour, thinned down in the airbrush.

    I have also discovered Humbrol No66 grey, which is an interesting colour, it tends to give the ballast a wintery look, as sort of dirty, lightly mossed effect usually found in ballast in these parts, it may be worth using this latter  colour to weather in in parts.

    From experience, I have found that colouring ballast is always an experiment and there never being a one stop solution to getting the colour right, its a work as you go approach but don't be afraid of it, it can be a bit nerving as will prove the stone setts.

    If the there is one thing to remember, apply your paint thinly then build it up as you see the colour looking right but not the other way around, if you apply to heavily it is an impossible task to lighten it back up again without flattening the look to much.

    hope it helps

    cheers

    Peter a L 

    Dave Holt

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    Hi Dave,

    its good to see you are getting stuck into your layout project, out of interest re Stone setts, have you had a look at the REDUTEX Texture sheets, they are certainly worth a look at.

    If you have a large expanse to cover it may be a quicker option without too much visual compromise and they are slightly uneven in appearance, not too uniform, certainly have some possibilities and can be coloured, Jason on The Bacup branch has used them and look pretty good.

    cheers

    Peter

    Job's Modelling

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    The best figures I have ever seen are by Karen( Rush) Butler, incredible modeller, we had Eric Treacey done, uncanny detail and all in 4mm too.

    She specialises in facial features and all manner of details, these figures are handmade to individual requrements, not mass produced, if your interested, let me know :-)

    Peter A L

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