Video: Sealing powdered pastels

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Video: Sealing powdered pastels

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This was a “Eureka” item!

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Thanks for the tip “Apply a layer of dullcote first to give tooth to the pastels.”

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Neat tip. thanks

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Cody: What company makes the blue Model Railroader 70th Anniversary box car shown in this video? After looking at this video I found out why my pastels disappear when I spray flat clear coat on my cars. Now I know to spray the cars first then add the pastels. Thank you for this important tip!

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great tip this answers issues I had for years ! thanks much CODY

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This is a great tip and answers problems I’ve had with weathering for years! Thanks so much.

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Cody, where did you get your covered hopper (Ciment Quebec)
???thank you

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Pascal,

The Ciment Quebec hopper was offered by the South Shore Model Railway Club. I checked the club’s website (http://www.ssmrc.org/past_cars.aspx), and it appears the car is sold out.

Take care,

Cody Grivno
Associate editor

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Great tips. I’ve always had issues with dull coat absorbing the chalks. I will try this technique.

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Yes, It is an important tip! I will REMBER this.

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One nice thing about using powdered charcoal when darkening a car is that it doesn’t dissolve when sprayed with flat finish.

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thanks Cody I have some N Scale cars that were weathered with pastels one thing I learned when working with a dark car is to mix brown and black to make the car look like it has rust on it then seal it.

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Thanks for posting! Now I myself know why my weathering was coming off after sealing my powder with dullcote. Wasn’t applying dullcote first, and was probably a