 Joined: 25/05/2024(UTC) Posts: 11 Location: England, Roughton, near Cromer North Norfolk
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Hi, I am trying to pick the best colour match for ballast to use with c track. I have been told there are some really good ones. The only one I have identified is Noch #91254. If you can recommend a better colour match I will be very grateful. I usually have to order blind on the web, usually Germany, as my local model shops mainly cater for Horby/Peco tracks.
Thanks …..Tony
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 Joined: 03/06/2008(UTC) Posts: 1,249 Location: Sydney, NSW
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Originally Posted by: Mailme  Hi, I am trying to pick the best colour match for ballast to use with c track. I have been told there are some really good ones. The only one I have identified is Noch #91254. If you can recommend a better colour match I will be very grateful. I usually have to order blind on the web, usually Germany, as my local model shops mainly cater for Horby/Peco tracks.
Thanks …..Tony Hi Tony, I bought some acrylic colour paints and blended them so that matched the track ballast. Unfortunately I didn't record the formula, so when it runs out, it's back to the drawing board. Regards Greg |
Take it easy . . . . or any other way you can get it !!!!
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Joined: 26/05/2021(UTC) Posts: 198 Location: Australia, East Maitland, NSW
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Hi Tony,
I've been down this path and even contacted Marklin to try to find out the correct C-track ballast colour. Marklin support told me "The plastic bedding of our C-track is mixed from different shades of granulate. The result does not correspond exactly to any RAL color". That makes it difficult to get a really good match.
I've got quite close with a mixture of Mr Color 518 Olive Drab, 52 Field Gray (2) and 513 Dark Gray just mixing by eye - but that is a really, really lousy hit-and-miss method.
Please let everyone know if you do find a good solution.
As a side issue - pieces of C-track ballast can be dissolved in the right PVC plumbing solvent (somewhere in my other posts) to make a glue of exactly the right colour to repair or join C-track pieces when needed.
Good luck,
Mark
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Joined: 25/05/2024(UTC) Posts: 11 Location: England, Roughton, near Cromer North Norfolk
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Thanks for the feedback, looks like hit and miss, just like everything else.
If I come up with a good match I will share it!
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Joined: 23/07/2014(UTC) Posts: 8,464 Location: ENGLAND, Didcot
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Originally Posted by: Mailme Hi, I am trying to pick the best colour match for ballast to use with c track. I have been told there are some really good ones. The only one I have identified is Noch #91254. If you can recommend a better colour match I will be very grateful. I usually have to order blind on the web, usually Germany, as my local model shops mainly cater for Horby/Peco tracks.
Thanks …..Tony IIRC Busch has a ballast that is colour matched to Marklin C Track. Can't recall the catalogue number off hand.
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 Joined: 10/02/2021(UTC) Posts: 3,882 Location: Michigan, Troy
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For me,it wasn't just color, but the size. I mixed two different bags of tallow stone and got close enough to the c track color and scale.
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 Joined: 04/06/2019(UTC) Posts: 55 Location: Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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Noch 09376. Is almost perfect match.
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Joined: 25/05/2024(UTC) Posts: 11 Location: England, Roughton, near Cromer North Norfolk
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Originally Posted by: kiwiAlan Originally Posted by: Mailme Hi, I am trying to pick the best colour match for ballast to use with c track. I have been told there are some really good ones. The only one I have identified is Noch #91254. If you can recommend a better colour match I will be very grateful. I usually have to order blind on the web, usually Germany, as my local model shops mainly cater for Horby/Peco tracks.
Thanks …..Tony IIRC Busch has a ballast that is colour matched to Marklin C Track. Can't recall the catalogue number off hand. Thanks for the info, I will try and look it up……..
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Joined: 25/05/2024(UTC) Posts: 11 Location: England, Roughton, near Cromer North Norfolk
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Originally Posted by: Pasquiles Noch 09376. Is almost perfect match. Yes I had been told this but some else said to me it didn’t look right. I think it may be the salution however, even if I mix something else in it. Thanks
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Joined: 25/05/2024(UTC) Posts: 11 Location: England, Roughton, near Cromer North Norfolk
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Originally Posted by: marklinist5999 For me,it wasn't just color, but the size. I mixed two different bags of tallow stone and got close enough to the c track color and scale. That sounds interesting, it is getting the stuff over here that’s a problem. Thanks!
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 Joined: 23/10/2010(UTC) Posts: 2,061 Location: FRANCE
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Originally Posted by: kiwiAlan Originally Posted by: Mailme Hi, I am trying to pick the best colour match for ballast to use with c track. I have been told there are some really good ones. The only one I have identified is Noch #91254. If you can recommend a better colour match I will be very grateful. I usually have to order blind on the web, usually Germany, as my local model shops mainly cater for Horby/Peco tracks.
Thanks …..Tony IIRC Busch has a ballast that is colour matched to Marklin C Track. Can't recall the catalogue number off hand.  Best Regards Joël |
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Joined: 10/02/2021(UTC) Posts: 3,882 Location: Michigan, Troy
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I just realised I meant tallus, not tallow. I saw a chef fry a chicken in beef tallow last night.
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Joined: 28/06/2022(UTC) Posts: 1 Location: Wales, Cardiff
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Originally Posted by: Mailme Hi, I am trying to pick the best colour match for ballast to use with c track. I have been told there are some really good ones. The only one I have identified is Noch #91254. If you can recommend a better colour match I will be very grateful. I usually have to order blind on the web, usually Germany, as my local model shops mainly cater for Horby/Peco tracks.
Thanks …..Tony https://www.modellbahnsh...9376/gb/modell_1615.html
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Joined: 12/08/2006(UTC)
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Hello Tony! I use Woodland Scenics ballast and you must use size "fine" to match the size of the ballast for the scale H0. Best match color are B75 gray fine for the C-tracks. I did tested by use this color and with water glue mixed with few drops of dishwashing liquid. It makes ballast color little more darker when it dries. Of course you can also use glue by brush direct on the tracks and spread the ballast. Check in the Youtube by write in german language Märklin C gleis und ballast.  |
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Joined: 10/02/2021(UTC) Posts: 3,882 Location: Michigan, Troy
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I used B-75 from Woodland Scenics. I mixed in some larger talus of a mixed color brown/grey from BZD or JTT. C track to me anyway looks to have a couple different size ballast.
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Joined: 23/04/2019(UTC)
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I have used the dark gray from Busch or Noch a good deal but also the light gray and even some brown from Woodland Scenics in between tracks. Both in order to get some visual diversity and to model how ballast could look in real life where there can be a mix of old, darkened ballast and new, fresh looking stuff. I've also abstained from using ballast in several parts because of the hassle when changing or fixing something on the layout :-)
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