Stevelewis Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 I am currently selling a LOT of PECO 00 Setrack on behalf of my group, this is recent production and Black sleepered, I have received a question from a guy asking if it is Brown sleepered track or not, I replied I was not aware that Peco actually do or did a range of Brown track. I received a reply saying they do a range of Brown wood look track, I have requested that he sends me the Peco item numbers! Or have I been missing something for several modelling years? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium phil-b259 Posted October 6, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 6, 2019 I do wonder sometimes exactly why all track manufacturers (inc RTR) went with black plastic. It cannot be that hard to add a drop of brown dye into the plastic mix surely. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozzer models Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 is the black plastic better with UV light ?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
217 RIVER FLESK Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 What colour actually is a newly produced wooden sleeper? Currently the ones sat by my workshop appear to be a very dark black / brown through to a very dark brown. But were sleepers of old when best quality original, 'evil' creosote was used any different in colour? I have certainly seen some, that on a very hot day almost ooze jet black tar. But having said that, a lot of sleepers soon seem to weather to a silver / grey colour. So should most sleepers be made from silver / grey plastic, with the odd one here & there dark brown or black, to represent a bit of spot re-sleepering? Mike C Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 17 hours ago, Stevelewis said: I am currently selling a LOT of PECO 00 Setrack on behalf of my group, this is recent production and Black sleepered, I have received a question from a guy asking if it is Brown sleepered track or not, I replied I was not aware that Peco actually do or did a range of Brown track. I received a reply saying they do a range of Brown wood look track... Well they do. And grey sleepered and so on. But that - broadly - is their Streamline product range. Perhaps this is basic colour coding on Peco's part? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium njee20 Posted October 7, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 7, 2019 6 minutes ago, 34theletterbetweenB&D said: Well they do. And grey sleepered and so on. But that - broadly - is their Streamline product range. Perhaps this is basic colour coding on Peco's part? Really? Set track and streamline 'wooden' sleeper is the same colour, surely? Not black on set track and brown on streamline? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 All the Streamline I have, code 100, code 75, recent BH, is brown. It's very dark brown on the code 100 and 75, lighter on the new BH product, but definitely none of it black. Don't have any set track to compare with. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 All the PECO Setrack and Streamline code 100 I have is dark brown, not black. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RFS Posted October 7, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 7, 2019 I know I've posted this photo of my layout before, but it was only after I did so I noticed the difference in colour between the turnouts and the flexitrack. 3 of the turnouts have some weathering having been retrieved from an earlier layout, but all the other turnouts and track (all code 75) were purchased new for this layout at the same time. As you can see, the turnouts are much darker than the track. Obviously not a problem of you're going to weather anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
autocoach Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Not that many of you would really care but the Peco US prototype Code 83 and Code 70 is a very dark brown. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Nile Posted October 8, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 8, 2019 How many shades of brown does Peco track come in? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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