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The cheapest airbrush available ($18 at my LHS plus a can of air) does a fine job of painting the rails and ties at the same time prior to ballasting. Makes a huge difference. The black ties show through and make the finished ties a darker color than the rails. As for turnout points, if you add an auxiliary electrical switch (mechanically linked microswitch or the contacts of a turnout motor), paint in the points is not a problem - you will eventually get dirt in there anyway and have the same contact problem.
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