To Weather or Not? A Poll

Here is a poll on weathering. You can make as many choices as you want.

 

I don't. My outdoor stuff we are constantly cleaning.
I got four big boxes of (rare, vintage, collectible) Half Zero stuff a number of years ago for free....used I don't know how much Polly S paint and decal remover and two boxes of Q-tips and seemingly hundreds of hours taking that carp off.

 

I try NOT to have every car or locomotive look like it just came out of the paint shop. Talk about 'unrealistic'...

 

I've weathered structures. So far no rolling stock or locos, but they're on my to-do list.

 

I weather all of the above. Not everyone but most

 

I weather everything. So, I don't know how to answer the poll. Should be one more category - me thinks. It seems if a modeler is inclined to weather - he/she weathers everything, freight cars, locomotives, structures, rail and streets. (I lean toward the lighter side, when it comes to weathering)

Just my 2 pennies worth,
Wolf

 

I have not started that process yet. I will once I'm at least 90% done with the layout, I will give it a try.. I wont do heavy weathering, just enough to take the shine off. I have purchased a few used cars that have some weathering on them but I wont do the "already for the scrap yard look".

 

I have weathered or "aged" some structures for a few years. I did several in 2014 with pan pastels before I packed them in anticipation of a move. I also wrapped them in newspaper with the hope some of the ink with added to the weathering process. I have purchased a few weathered MTL cars, but not done any nor have I done any locomotives.

 

Cars(excluding passenger cars) and structures.

I won't weather my loco's, I like them clean.

 

You can select more than one item in the poll.

 

Lat Lattimore was in failing health when I completed my N scale model of his barn and showed it to him.

He had not known I was building the model, but when he saw it, he recognized I had photographed his building during an NMRA Lone Star Region tour. At that time, he had repainted just the front of the building facing the street, and started on one side, but stopped to concentrate on getting his layout in the loft ready to show.
He told me there had been a lean-to against one end of the barn, when animals could eat in a trough from feed that came out of little doors. He said he had forgotten that he lean-to had been there yearws before, but he recognized where it had been from the pattern in the fading of the old original paint job. I had attempted to duplicate that pattern from photos without knowing what it meant.

 

Inspiration: GA52 ATSF#182045 at Glen Flora,TX 1981



attempt:built from V-Line kit #12000

 

All right, I'll admit it. Some of this is weathering, but some is just sitting around collecting dust.

Modified Minitrix.

 

I don't like to weather the cars or engines, the "just out of the wash rack look"

 

But...even if the whole train ran thru a wash rack...the only thing coming off is loose dirt. You would still have....faded paint, chipped paint, rust, scratches, dings, dents etc. etc.. No amount of washing will fix any of that !