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Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows how to paint turnout points using a microbrush.
How to paint turnout points on model railroad track
By Angela Cotey | November 20, 2009
| Last updated on December 7, 2020
Cody
I was watching your video on "How to paint turnout points. I hot wire my points to my bus or main rail by taking 22-24 gage solid copper wire. I turn the turnout over and insert the wire in the hollow point rail close to the pivot point. I then solder the wire to the rail. Once both points are wired and set my turnout in place I mark and drill two holes through the track bed and fasten the wire to the bus.
For Turnouts that are already in place, I take fine stranded wire about 1/2" long and Solder it to the outside of the point near the pivot to the solid rail adjacent to the point rail on the other side of the pivot. I found that both methods work and do not bind the points. Then you could spray the entire track and not worry about the point contacts. Test it out and see.
Jim