The Carolina Sandhills Lines in HO Scale

[wm3798]

Apply a few washes of grimy green.  Could be just the ticket.



I saw a black car and want to paint it red...  That sort of thing.
That would give you the more correct color (which would also show up better in photos, by the way) as well as apply the necessary patina of age and use.

Lee

[Point353]

When I showed my wife pictures of the loader I used as inspiration, she said it was black.
So, I went with my wife’s suggestion, and flat black it is.

Flat black was a good choice.

[davefoxx]

That’s the exact same picture that I showed to my wife.  I do intend to weather it, though, because Lee is correct about solid black being difficult to photograph.

Thanks,
DFF

[packers#1]

That’s the exact same picture that I showed to my wife.  I do intend to weather it, though, because Lee is correct about solid black being difficult to photograph.

Thanks,
DFF

It’s also not going to stay perfectly flat black for long, especially in the South

[Chris333]

In that photo it looks brown to me. With a grey blower. And a blue chute.

Just sayin'. I don't care what color you paint it. 

[EJN]

Here is the image with color saturation pushed to an absurd level.
Definitely brown, chute is blue.

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[wazzou]

Just sayin'. I don't care what color you paint it. 

Ha, neither do I honestly.

[davefoxx]

Looks like Chris wins!  My wife did call the different color chute, but I knew there was no easy way to mask that off.   

DFF

[Missaberoad]

My only disagreement would be the blower (belt) housing is that ugly shade of industrial green that seems to be everywhere!

[Dave V]

My only disagreement would be the blower (belt) housing is that ugly shade of industrial green that seems to be everywhere!

I think that blower housing piece is the perfect candidate for a little salt-mask rust weathering a la @tom mann !

[davefoxx]

I think that blower housing piece is the perfect candidate for a little salt-mask rust weathering a la @tom mann !

Not gonna disagree with you there.

DFF