Thanks for the insights. Very impressive results. I did find the same results with dullcoat reducing the effect of the panpastels when weathering cars so i have stopped doing it since the cars are rarely handled once weathering is complete. Locomotives shells on the other hand can get handled quite often. I have finally been able to get some of the Colourless Blender, it was out of stock for an extended period in my area and I was going to try fading some brighter cars to see the effect. I'll post them when done. Unfortunately, my wife has encountered some health issues so model railroading is definitely on the backburner at the moment.