01-28-2011, 11:27 AM
Hey Randy.
Depending on your ultimate goals for your trackwork, for me personally I'm finding this time around for me its not really that simple of an answer.
Although I hand laid all my track, I opted to spray paint everything a base color of "leather brown" after I had spiked my track down, ties, rail and spikes. On my "first" layout I stained all my ties and then ballasted before laying down rail... but I digress...
So. To answer your question. I spray painted all of the track work first. Then ballasted. However, I've also been going back over the rails and giving them a brush coat of Rust or Grimy Black with some Floquil Paint Pens depending on where the track is located after ballasting. Then I plan to mist the center of the rails with an light india ink wash applied with my airbrush, once again depending on location. Each application giving some greater depth to the over look of the track itself.
Depending on your ultimate goals for your trackwork, for me personally I'm finding this time around for me its not really that simple of an answer.
Although I hand laid all my track, I opted to spray paint everything a base color of "leather brown" after I had spiked my track down, ties, rail and spikes. On my "first" layout I stained all my ties and then ballasted before laying down rail... but I digress...
So. To answer your question. I spray painted all of the track work first. Then ballasted. However, I've also been going back over the rails and giving them a brush coat of Rust or Grimy Black with some Floquil Paint Pens depending on where the track is located after ballasting. Then I plan to mist the center of the rails with an light india ink wash applied with my airbrush, once again depending on location. Each application giving some greater depth to the over look of the track itself.