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How to Install and weather flex track for model railroads

Model train tracks laid out on a work surface.

Need to secure your track to the road bed for your model railroad? Well, this video tutorial will show you how to do it, not to mention show you how to weather your flex track.

If you're into model railroading, or rail transport systems, or scaled trains, or whatever you want to call them, then you can't pass this up. This is a very detailed tutorial on how to install and weather flex track for model railroads, specifically Atlas Code 55 Flex Track. You will see how to weather the Code 55 Flex Track using the Micro Engineering Rail Weathering Solution.

You'll go through polishing the railway flex track, to soldering problems in the track, to filing the train rails, securing the track in place, lay the track down on a curve, and joining two tracks together.

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