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Philip H

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Re: Painting Unitrack
« Reply #30 on: March 08, 2016, 12:31:21 PM »
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Quote from: Ed Kapuscinski on March 08, 2016, 12:26:52 PM
Absolutely. One other thing to think about trying out too is the concrete tie stuff. After you paint the ties, it looks even better than the standard stuff.

Paint as concrete?  I can see that . . .  the ME probably doesn't paint up as well.
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Re: Painting Unitrack
« Reply #31 on: March 08, 2016, 12:54:41 PM »
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Quote from: Ed Kapuscinski on March 08, 2016, 12:26:52 PM
Absolutely. One other thing to think about trying out too is the concrete tie stuff. After you paint the ties, it looks even better than the standard stuff.

So, I did that. Right now it doens tlook great because you can't really paint the sides of the ties cleanly.
I suppose you could dab micro mask in between every tie, but that's time consuming.

I think ballast will hide a lot of it. Details to come...
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Re: Painting Unitrack
« Reply #32 on: March 08, 2016, 06:29:36 PM »
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Quote from: Ed Kapuscinski on March 08, 2016, 12:26:52 PM
Absolutely. One other thing to think about trying out too is the concrete tie stuff. After you paint the ties, it looks even better than the standard stuff.

Yes it does !  So much so that I had to go back and blend in the regular black tie track to make it a better match .
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Re: Painting Unitrack
« Reply #33 on: April 26, 2020, 10:12:26 AM »
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@robert3985 by chance did you ever get around to ballasting unitrack?
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