@rail posted:Looks good. What did you use as coal?
Thanks @rail!
I used decorative black stone which I bought at Michael's Crafts. It's located back around the floral arranging section of Michaels. They offer many different colors of stone ( various sizes ) and sand. The black stone costs considerably less than the coal I've bought at hobby shops and definitely looks the part. I used the cardboard insert that came with the new Weaver 4 bay hopper as a platform on which to glue the stone. I first painted the cardboard flat black. To give the coal a "piled up " look, I then applied/glued some black rubber strips to the center of the cardboard. ( Modeling clay would have been my first choice, however, I didn't have any handy. ) For a rounded contour ... I angled and glued some more rubber strips between the cardboard platform and black rubber strips ... Next I brushed on some Elmers glue and then finally sprinkled the black diamonds onto the glue. I think it came out well enough. I have one more of these cars to do, although I may weather that car before adding the coal.
