With the failure of the metal blackening last week, we moved on to painting the check rails with spirit based paints on the belief that the acrylics would not adhere satisfactorily and would be easily rubbed off. We started with a base of dark brown and mixed different orange/red colours to achieve a decent rust colour. With various colours on the palette, Stephen found a dark brown base colour with a splash of 'rust' worked in could be cajoled into something realistic.
As Geoff followed up with the new, narrow, track cleaner, it was evident that it was a bit too wide and so minor adjustments were made. We don't think this will be too much of a hinderance/annoyance when setting the layout up, and hope it improves the overall appearance satisfactorily.
