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Can´t remember having answered to this thread yet - oh, I see the OP´s nick is Ulrich [swg] I would not call weathering dilapidation. Weathering is a method of capturing the look of objects stored or operated outside, being subjected to the elements. It is the attempt to add realism to our layouts. Of course, there are many different stages of weathering - from "as good as new" down to beaten up or dilapidated. If you model a branch line operating on a shoestring budget, you´ll hardly find a freshly painted loco or car - most of the equipment will look heavily used, if not abused. If you model a class A road during the heydays of railroading, running a famous name train, than this train will most likely look like being just out of the shops yesterday. Weathering in my view is an art, but it is easily overdone. Sometimes "breaking" the glossy finish of a new loco or car by giving it a coat of dull clear paint would do the job perfectly.
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