I would like to see a mfg. do some factory weathering on their locomotives. I would say a medium amount would do. For us modelers that are weathering challeged this would be a big help. I know i would pay extra for this and i know that this may be a way for mfgs. to get rid of excess inventory or offer it as an extra add on per customer request. I'm just thinking outside the box here. I think this could lead to new sales for mfgs. and some extra profits. Dave
Nice thought! I weather my freight cars and passenger cars, but find it difficult to weather my engines: I am afraid to ruin the motor, or the electrical pick-ups, or whatever that can stop the engine from running. A factory-applied weathering on engines (and especially steamers) would me appreciated by me!
Granted for those that have the Time/Skill to do it I think would rather do it themselves; but Dave is making a point that there might be a market for those that don't have the Time/Skills to purchase them pre-weathered without paying someone else to do a "Custom" job that could be too exspesive to consider... :tb-biggrin: :tb-biggrin: :tb-biggrin: :tb-biggrin:
The only downside I can see is that if you had several locos they would all have identical weathering, which is not always the way it happens in real life. On location Chiayi, Taiwan.
Didn't Bachman do a pre-weathered HO structure? As to similar weathering, I thought the MT stuff was actually hand weathered. I can't imagine that to be profitable but figured they could computer program the air brushes in a couple of different patterns, or use different masks to get slightly different effects. It would still look better than having shiny locos looking alike until you get around to weathering them, no?
