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There is no problem with painting "roadbed" track. I assume that this is a permanent type layout, as you plan to ballast it? If you want to ballast it, but take it apart on a regular basis, you are braver than me [;)] Put a very light coat of oil on the railhead to stop the paint from sticking. Paint the whole thing some sort of base colour, then paint the ties an appropriate colour and the sides of the rails a dark brown or balck to make them look smaller. If the simulated ballast comes up to the level of the "ties" you will have to be very careful when adding real ballast to make sure that the flanges on the wheels have enough room. Outside the rails there should be no problem. I have seen one interesting layout where Nscale sectional roadbed track (I think it was Kato Unitrack) was painted with that stone-speckle paint to good effect. This option would allow the track to be seperated more easily than if you glued on real ballast. Good luck. Hope that was helpful. Andrew
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