I paint my SS track using a variation of method Marty Cozad posted several years ago. I use a mix of Krylon Ruddy Brown primer and spatter it with flat back to darken it a bit. I documented the whole process on my website, but here are some selected pics. [url=
(www.cvsry.com/images/wtrack-05.jpg)
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(http://www.cvsry.com/images/wtrack-05s.jpg)
[/url][color=blue]FF: Click to Enlarge - IE: Right Click Photo and select Open Link in New Window to Enlarge[/color] [url=
(www.cvsry.com/images/wtrack-07.jpg)
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(http://www.cvsry.com/images/wtrack-07s.jpg)
[/url][color=blue]FF: Click to Enlarge - IE: Right Click Photo and select Open Link in New Window to Enlarge[/color] [url=
(www.cvsry.com/images/wtrack-08.jpg)
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(http://www.cvsry.com/images/wtrack-08s.jpg)
[/url][color=blue]FF: Click to Enlarge - IE: Right Click Photo and select Open Link in New Window to Enlarge[/color] [url=
(www.cvsry.com/images/wtrack-10.jpg)
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(http://www.cvsry.com/images/wtrack-10s.jpg)
[/url][color=blue]FF: Click to Enlarge - IE: Right Click Photo and select Open Link in New Window to Enlarge[/color] Track that was already down was painted in place… [url=
(www.cvsry.com/images/wtrack-20.jpg)
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(http://www.cvsry.com/images/wtrack-20s.jpg)
[/url][color=blue]FF: Click to Enlarge - IE: Right Click Photo and select Open Link in New Window to Enlarge[/color] I’ve also tried weathering the ballast with Kevin Strong’s rust solution… [url=
(www.cvsry.com/images/WxBal-1-1280.jpg)
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(http://www.cvsry.com/images/WxBal-1-640.jpg)
[/url][color=blue]FF: Click to Enlarge - IE: Right Click Photo and select Open Link in New Window to Enlarge[/color] Weathering the ballast looks great, but doesn’t last. The track still looks good 3 years later. EDIT: Fixed broken links.