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Ken, nice coal drag. You need to filth those cars up a bit. 
Well they actually have those cheesy plastic coal loads but they do sit kinda low in the car. I run them with and without the loads but people seem to like them with the loads so lately I just leave them in there, although I wish they were more prototypical looking.
Glad you enjoyed the video!
Thanks! Ken
So paint the loads charcoal gray and glue crushed coal, or fish tank filter charcoal, to them.
Hi Ken,
I guess John is right really, however, as someone born just before WW2, when toys became scarce, I was expected to treasure and look after what little I had. Consequently I cannot bring my self to ‘weather’ any of my stock. I do believe weathering to be an art and if not done carefully your stock can end up looking like fire damaged goods. (http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
With regards to the ‘coal’ loads on Bachman hoppers the solution I found was as follows. In kiddies play areas there is a black granulated rubber product which when mixed with the correct clear glue well set firmly. I was given some of this product and applied the glue to the loads (removed from the cars of course). I then dipped the loads into the black rubber granules. They do look much better, can be washed off if necessary, and are not permanently fixed.
I had a couple of the loads spare so I painted then with flat military modellers paints to look like ballast. I found that the loads fit quite nicely on the floor of Aristocraft open gondolas. They may fit Bachmann open gods but I believe they would need shortening and side trimming.
The plastic logs in Bachmann Annies are atrocious. I replaced them with cherry wood cut to look like logs.
Ken, not fill, but filth: dirt, grime, coal dust, that kind of stuff.
Some fantastic ideas for the coal loads, but as far as weatherization of rolling stock and locomotives, I have found that I tend to get a lot of people wondering why I would take a brand new, expensive product and destroy it. I have had people ask; doesn’t that ruin the value? Still others ask; why?
Well since we run for the public most of the time we just don’t weatherize things and it’s not because of resale value, it’s because the general public looks unfavorably on it.
We tried one professionally weathered car once and I got a lot of complaints. So we only weather loads occasionally.
May try a few of these ideas though!
Thanks guys!
Ken