My hobby shop owner say this is rail brown and so does Floquil, but I would swear this was Olive Drab. What do you think?
Floquil colors
- Thread starter J. Steffen
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sign1When I first saw Floquills "Rail Brown"(I used the spray can version) I was thinking...I'm weathering tracks......Not painting Army tanks.
Radar..We used to call it Olive Drab............
Radar..We used to call it Olive Drab............
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nachoman
I see a lot of concrete ties from new tracks mostly carrier by amtrak and some freight. (within 4 years built) (white cloudy ish color) lol..
floquil makes tie brown. You can go to walmart and the cheap paint $.99 spray cans brown , rust , gray, black . Experement with layers. Once you balast , paint your earth, It all ties together. Protect those switch points.:thumb:
jtloconut said:
Well I was thinking about leaving it the way it is and ballasting over it just to see what it looks like.
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nachoman
I just noticed from your picture -
be sure to paint the foam with latex paint or some other protection before spraying floquil or other laquer/spirits based paints near it. Without protection, the solvent in the paints will melt the foam - and may give off toxic fumes that are even more toxic than the paint fumes alone.
kevin
be sure to paint the foam with latex paint or some other protection before spraying floquil or other laquer/spirits based paints near it. Without protection, the solvent in the paints will melt the foam - and may give off toxic fumes that are even more toxic than the paint fumes alone.
kevin
J. Steffen said:
No..Ties are creosote black until it ages then it turns to a brownish black then it turns to a dark gray color.