I recently bought a pack of four AWS ramps by Peco after inspiration from the article about painting / weathering them, featured in the Railway Modeller March Issue. I decided that as I couldn't use them on Almere Road (because they're not any use on TMDs as there aren't any signals), I could make some use of them on my home layout.
Here is a picture of the product (SL-45)
The unpainted plastic models on the sprue.
I find that it's easier to paint them on the sprue. The finished ramps...
I used yellow and silver Acrylic paint to pick out the appropriate areas.
To weather I began by giving the models a complete coat of a very thin black, grimy wash - about 1 part paint, to 5 parts water. That's about it.
To fix to the track I will be using poly cement of some sort. Poly cement contains petroleum which (I think) melts the plastic and bonds your two components together in one.
Thanks for viewing. Comments and opinions are welcome...
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