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A string of cars Peter and I applied PanPastels to...though I would do a group photo. |
After two workshops with Peter Mumby using PanPastels I thought I would give you a second look at some of the cars we did...we did take a lot more photos than was used in the original post. Here they are along with some of my thoughts regarding this product.
After our second work session I had used some weathering on a Athearn wooden REA boxcar body that I had yet assembled. I though I would get the body weathered then paint the underframe and wheels. Once the day was over I did not like how the weathering affect turned out on the car. I should have painted the roof first. This was a good chance to see if the weathering could be washed off as reported by PanPastels. Yes it does wash off with ease. I used my fingers to rub the sides but a tooth brush might help if one has a lot of details that the pastels was applied to. I did not use any soap.
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I decided to weather this just out of the box CPR boxcar. I began with a light gray pastel which was applied very lightly. I then went over the door details and the rivet lines with a rusty looking pastel. I also used these on the roof and ends. I think it turned out pretty good giving the car a lightly weathered look. |
For minimal weathering I still like the chalk effect, but if you want a subtle overall coating to a piece of rolling stock, or a heavy weathered car this is a great product. I found it is best to give the car a light overall coat using your colour of choice followed by highlights using an alternate shade. I think my favourite rolling stock choices for this project are open top and covered hoppers. They seem to really stand out on the layout.
I tried PanPastels on a CPR outside braced boxcar. I was wondering how it would look and how I would get the colouring between the bracing. Using the wedge sponge I was able to do a pretty good job but had a lot of areas that I could not get at. To get the overall coating effect to the sides and ends I used one of my brushes that are my powder weathering brushes to push the pastels into the areas I could not get at with the sponges. This seemed to work to some degree. I finished this car with Bragdon powders were no pastel coating appeared. From my limited applications I think the pastels work best on smooth side equipment....George Dutka
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The sides have been finished but as one can see the ends still need some brushing to get the pastels into the areas that the foam brush could not reach. A light overcoat of pastels toned the boxcar red down to a more realistic look. |
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My outside braced boxcar after PanPastels |
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I pulled this car out of long time storage to become my first go at PanPastels. I used most of the browns and rusts that Peter had in light amounts. I actually used my fingers near the end of the process to help streak and blend the pastels. |
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Peter's finished boxcar and hopper on the WRD after a Monday afternoon workshop. He gave both cars a health dose of weathering. |
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Here one can see me working on my CPR boxcar while Peter dulls down his ONR boxcar during last weeks workshop. |
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