how to paint afx track

I used a good primer and brushed it on in a couple of thin coats using a foam brush.

As Markus said, remove the paint from the top of the rail using fine sandpaper. If you don't remove it all, you'll get some big problems with the cars not running.

One extra tip. Don't get paint in the slots! It is a complete [email protected]@rd to remove if you do and the cars don't run. I learned that lesson and the next time I put some string into the slot before I painted and then took it out before the paint dried.

This was my bullring oval with one straight painted and returned to full working order:

I found a really good way to get paint out of the slots was to invite people round to race on my newly painted track and then make them cups of tea while they sanded, scraped, hacked and struggled digging the paint out of the slots.

When I do another track I will either put string in the slot or fill them up with plasticene.

Alain, you may also find some small dead areas when running on the track after painting. Woodcote and I both had the same issues. We think it is where paint is getting between the two halves of a rail connection and breaking the flow of power round the circuit. One fix is to pour lighter fluid onto the offending track joints and hope it clears the issue.

A longer and more arduous preventative measure would be to solder all of the joints before painting.

Have fun with it. I promise it is worth it when you see the cars going round at long last although my build was so long and frustrating it didn't seem that way at times!!