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I used to weather Atlas flex track with a first coat of Floquil Driftwood, after letting dry several days I then applied various Flostain wood colors to the individual ties to get a variation in tie color. I then painted the sides of the rails with a combination of Weathered Black and Rail Brown. Since the Driftwood is no longer available, I now use acrylic craft paints. The first coat is any light gray. Then a coat of raw sienna after the gray has dried. These I put on full strength. I then use thinned coats of raw umber and walnut, varying the strength among the ties. I use a flat one half inch brush and also try to get the paint on the rail sides and have found that the resulting color variation on the rails requires no further painting. Economy and lack of paint fumes are two of the advantages to this method. Also, the end result is quite pleasing to my eye.
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