UA816 - Rail Grey

The neutral gray of railroad vehicles and station equipment is offered by Rail Grey, an acrylic shade from the Lifecolor railroad group.

Manufacturer Lifecolor
Product EAN1591100784247

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2.76 €
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About product

The gray of railroad vehicles: Rail Grey

A Lifecolor paint on an acrylic base, mixed as the working gray of railroads. It is neither a cool blue-gray nor a dark charcoal but rather a calm medium tone that on a model works as the area on which work with weathering only begins.

Where to use it

  • the trucks, frames and running gear of railroad vehicles
  • the roofs of cars and locomotives
  • the gray fields of finish schemes
  • station equipment, posts, fences and small architecture
  • a gray base under dust and soot on a diorama

Why gray decides on a model

Gray areas make up most of what a viewer sees close up on a railroad model: the running gear, the trucks, the roof, the surroundings of the track. When they all have exactly the same tone, the result looks uniform and uninteresting. It therefore pays to work with deviations: the roof one shade darker, the running gear dirtied toward brown, the side frames, on the contrary, lightened with dust.

The shade is applied with the brush and the airbrush alike. Stir the paint thoroughly before use, so that the tone sits across the whole series of parts you paint in several sessions. For the large areas of roofs an airbrush is more practical; small frames and latticework a brush will manage.

Who it is for

For railroad modelers, builders of layouts and diorama makers who need a reliable neutral gray as a working base under further coats.

Keep out of the reach of children. Work in a ventilated area.

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FAQ

The trucks, frames and running gear of railroad vehicles, the roofs of cars and locomotives, the gray fields of finish schemes and station equipment and small architecture.

It keeps to the middle. It is neither a cool blue-gray nor a dark charcoal but a calm neutral gray that can be shifted with further coats.

Work with deviations: make the roof one shade darker, dirty the running gear toward brown and lighten the side frames with dust instead.

Yes, that is what it suits best. A neutral gray carries dust, soot and a dark wash without pulling the resulting tone in one direction.

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UA816 - Rail Grey

The neutral gray of railroad vehicles and station equipment is offered by Rail Grey , an acrylic shade from the Lifecolor railroad group.
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