Mike Confalone's freight car weathering series on Trainmasters TV gave me some great ideas. I used Mike's tip of using a colored pencil (Prismacolor Dark Umber) to darken the panel welds where dirt and grime seems to collect. I also began using the Pan Pastel Artist Pastel powders after seeing Mike use them in his video series. The powders are very fine and are different from the AIM and Bragdon weathering powders I have. I also tried to use Mike's trick of using artist oil colors drawn down with a brush with turpentine, for the paint streaking from the "Canada" letters, but will need to practice more with that technique.
