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Bright pink!

I’ll need to recreate that silvery grey with a hint of grime for old timber. Probably spray them white then a wash or two of black and maybe brown - that has worked in the past. Insulators will be white(ish) - Vallejo ‘brainmatter beige’ or ordinary white with a black wash.

The reason I asked is because the obvious answer is dark brown or dirty black, but that isn’t the answer is it. I shall be interested in your results.

This is my version of ‘silver timber’.
Halfords white primer + one coat of black wash + one coat of brown wash. The insulator isn’t right though.

20190805_171651 by Steve Mumford, on Flickr

Insulator, i thought it was a pigeon

Steve M wrote: ↑Mon Aug 05, 2019 4:52 pm Bright pink!

I’ll need to recreate that silvery grey with a hint of grime for old timber. Probably spray them white then a wash or two of black and maybe brown - that has worked in the past. Insulators will be white(ish) - Vallejo ‘brainmatter beige’ or ordinary white with a black wash.

Hi Steve, I'm not remotely artistic, but if they are wood, someone on here recommended a wash of dilute Indian Ink. Good luck whatever!
Ted

The white insulators were usually pretty clean, and not very big.

Walkingthedog wrote: ↑Mon Aug 05, 2019 5:50 pm The white insulators were usually pretty clean, and not very big.

So, nothing like a pigeon then?

Brian, timber colour - am I anywhere near where it should be ?

It looks perfect to me. They were black when new but there is one opposite our house and it is the same colour as yours. Insulators weren’t wider at the bottom. They had parallel sides. If you think about it they weren’t a lot bigger than a mans hand so would be tiny in OO.

Thanks Brian.
Before I decided to have a go myself, I found some OO scale components online - their insulators were shaped like a air gun pellets. I think mine will do although I could use two of the small white beads instead.
More trials needed I think.

This type just supported a wire as it went past the pole. A length of binding wire wrapped round the groove and was twisted round the wire.





This one was for joining two wires together. The top unscrews and the ends of the two wires are poked through the little hole, one each side. They were joined together and the lid screwed back in place.