Track Weathering Experiment; Good or Bad?

[Anonymous]

Here is a little project I whipped up using a section of Kato track. I got tired of shiney rails and did something about it.

Here is a shot of it.

 http://img208.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tracktesthw0.jpg

Good or bad? The structure is one I purchased second hand from another layout via the LHS and the platforms are wood kit with laser precision. The boxcar is a bluebox Timken Roller I won on ebay some time ago. That is the Falls Valley Company House.

Anyways, the weathering was started with the "Rusty Rails" from Joe's model trains and after a few passes... eh.. I got out the Bradgon and went to work starting with the dark in the middle and working out to either side.

[loathar]

Not too bad. Kind of hard to tell from that angle. Maybe a little too dark in the middle compared to outside the rails.

[faraway]

If you are bound to Kato tracks and can/will not balast the track by yourself it is great looking. You should apply that treatment to all your Kato track.