Rusty Rails Painter

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Hello All

Today I picked up a new rusty rails painter.

I haven’t even used my original one yet but this package has a large bottle of paint that is supposed to be the correct color for a main. They were also smart enough to make the bottle neck the same size as the painter so you can put the applicator right on it.

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Who makes it and where did you get it from??

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I think it’s a company called “Joes”. But I found mine on my LHS paint shelf, thats if your LHS has a good paint shelf. Family Hobby, Medina, Ohio.

Wayne

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Yup it’s joes. Here’s the link. They also have a video on the link to show how it works. I bought mine at an LHS but you can also get it online.

http://www.joesmodeltrains.com/Rusty%20Rails%20Painter.htm

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I think the Rusty Rails Painter is the best MRR specific tool I have ever come across. It is fast and does a good job.

I like to do a coat of Rust Brown and then a second lighter coat of the Shale colour. The rollers do a great job on the tie plates. I got five colours of paint when I got mine and am changing the colours as I go from the Mountains to the Prairies.

I don’t wipe the rails with a cloth as I go as I found I was getting some of the paint off the sides as well. Instead I let it dry a bit and then just run my thumb nail along the top of the rail. Doing that makes a nice clean cut between the top of the rail and the side.

It’s [tup][tup][bow] for the Rusty Rails Painter in my book. And it is fairly inexpensive as well.

Brent

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Thanks for thw info

Just ordered mine

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The Rusty Rails painter works great on code 100 track, but has issues with smaller rail. I just use my air brush with Floquil ‘Rail Tie Brown’ on my Atlas code 83 trackage.

Jim