I have not painted my O stuff, it has been shiny and silver since my first train set at age 4. I did paint my HO rail though, mainly because I still have a lot of brass track and turnouts mixed in with nickel silver and it makes it more uniform. It is very old layout, some of the Atlas turnouts are from the 50's. Paint the sides only of course, and only where they can be seen. I recently cut it in half to get it up into another room, it is only 5X9, and still working out getting it seamlessly back together.
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