I suppose its possible to dye the tracks but I would worry about them disfiguring due to the heat let alone the size of the pot needed. Plus I don't think, but I don't know for sure, that you would be able to dye from a darker color (blue) to a lighter color (light gray). Probably the only track that could prove to dye to gray would be the white rails but they are just as hard to come by as the real light gray tracks. Plus it would be hard to match the light gray color with dye.
Painting is an option and with using an airbrush one can mix colors for an almost exact match. I actually spent quite a while experimenting with colors because I had a need for a couple of the Plarail Advance Slopes in light gray. They came out pretty good but I didn't finish them up with clear coats for durability because I lost interest. So painting (with an airbrush) is possible but I would only do it for small quantity's. Also note that painting the rails is ok if you prep the plastic properly but...even with the best of prep, primer, color and clear coats the paint could crack because of the softness of the rail plastic. With the Plarail Advance slopes they are made of a harder plastic so I was estimating a longer lasting coat.
I have to locate an old Youtubers videos where he had painted his whole huge layout a different color. It looked fantastic.
He has a handful of other videos on his Channel that shows his progression from normal Tomy tracks to the painted ones. https://www.youtube.com/user/thomasfriends12/videos
Painting is an option and with using an airbrush one can mix colors for an almost exact match. I actually spent quite a while experimenting with colors because I had a need for a couple of the Plarail Advance Slopes in light gray. They came out pretty good but I didn't finish them up with clear coats for durability because I lost interest. So painting (with an airbrush) is possible but I would only do it for small quantity's. Also note that painting the rails is ok if you prep the plastic properly but...even with the best of prep, primer, color and clear coats the paint could crack because of the softness of the rail plastic. With the Plarail Advance slopes they are made of a harder plastic so I was estimating a longer lasting coat.
I have to locate an old Youtubers videos where he had painted his whole huge layout a different color. It looked fantastic.
He has a handful of other videos on his Channel that shows his progression from normal Tomy tracks to the painted ones. https://www.youtube.com/user/thomasfriends12/videos
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