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Hi what's people's opinions on whether i should continue the back wall in Red or does the grey look OK and also ideas on the ramp up to the station make it a walkway or try and put a small car park waiting area there and ideas greatly appreciated
Nick

I like red but it really is up to you.

The gray is stone and the red is brick. Depends on you as said but it also depends on which part of the country you are modelling. Often stone will be found where stone is plentiful and brick where local brick fields are common. Personally I like stone. But up here up here in the North stone is very common. You can of course get red stone.

sandy wrote: ↑Sat Nov 05, 2022 8:24 pm The gray is stone and the red is brick. Depends on you as said but it also depends on which part of the country you are modelling. Often stone will be found where stone is plentiful and brick where local brick fields are common. Personally I like stone. But up here up here in the North stone is very common. You can of course get red stone.

I agree with Sandy.
My layout is of around Leeds therefore red brick is the main. Towards Dewsbury and Batley stone buildings are seen the most.

But then it is your layout, it is what you prefer.

Glencairn

I suppose from a realistic view it would all be brick or stone, however, personally I like what you've done with a mix of both and would leave it as it is. I'm a big believer in "it's you layout, your rules" (within reason of course)
I'm just starting to revamp my station and was having same conversation with myself over brick or stone, now I'm thinking of stealing you idea and doing a combination of both.

I tend to 'build' buildings for the same purpose in the same area the same colour. So in the shed area all buildings red brick perhaps.

Good point WTD the grey next to the red looks just does not look right.
But I have seen it done where a stone building has been extended with a brick extension so it happens. One of my friends has just built a beautiful red dry stone wall outside his brick built cottage. And it looks great.

Hello Nick
I should imagine in real life the retaining wall and the station support would have been built together at the same time and do not think the builders would have mixed the building materials. I personally prefer the grey colour to the red.
What you have done so far is all looking good with the two colours but as you asked it is just my input.
Puddles

Thank for the comments guys really torn as to what to do now agree it would of been build in one colour i did originally build the ramp and wall in stone but looked too much so choose the red to break it up a bit and the original plan wasn't to have the new metcalfe warehouse there and just to carry the red wall further along I'm thinking finish in red brick coz the warehouse is grey so should break it up abit and the red brick chimney will match the wall new to this so quess its all trial and error and having no real era or theme going doesn't help

just placed a section of red to see what it looks like