Distressed Ties

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I was looking at the shelf layout I'm building a few months ago and decided something was wrong. All of the ties were in FAR too good of condition - especially considering it was a low speed industrial area. I have strong memories of ties in all kinds of conditions while tagging along with my dad on a tourist railroad he helped found (early 1970's). The shortline that runs near my house is no different.

I use Central Valley Tie Strips on this layout and they have an advantage for modeling deeply rotted ties - they are hollow. Not much plastic need be cut through to get a deep crevass. Some are also oversprayed with various levels of white to further weather the tie. The color balance on some of these photos is off, but they show what I'm trying to do.

For your inspection - thoughts, comments welcome:


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