Well my first venture with pan pastels I would say had mixed results. Seemed to work about as well as Bragdon powders. I used a plain Southern boxcar as the first test. You can see the before and after here. I also used Mike Confalones oil weathering techniques on a covered hopper. Frankly I thought that came out much better. Before and after shots below.

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So I'm thinking about using the dead rail option for my HO scale layout, and im wanting to know what company or kit would be best to use for this. I am planning on installing the first one into a Bachmann HO GE 70 ton switcher. Thanks in advance for the help.

Assembled, painted and weathered a GHQ Log Loader kit recently...