I need some train tracks for several Chain of Command
games that are coming up and it has been something missing from my
collection for awhile. I could have gone with 3D prints, as I have
several STL files which look quite nice but it does take a lot of time
to print something like this.
I
was going to buy some real HO track but found some very cheap plastic
tracks on Amazon and I got some rail bed from a Train Terrain company.
The whole thing was less then $30 and I probably have another 8-12' of
track materials still left but what I needed was a something to cross a
6' terrain table.
It
was a bit more work than I thought it might be. The track was a little
too wide for the bed but I plan to improve that when it is set up with
clumping foliage. I used PVA to glue the track to the bed which is some
sort of foam and then sprinkled the ballast on the wet bed, it was not
really the best method but with some repairs I moved on. Once dry, I
airbrushed the whole thing with black, followed by a green brown
followed by a light brown. I then drybrushed the whole thing with a
light sand colour. I then washed the rails with black followed by a
drybrush of a dark metal. I then used a brown ink from Scale Colour to
paint the wood, which really worked quite well. I finished off the
tracks with a rust wash.
