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I believe most modelers will find that weathering is much like other components in the hobby. That is, it has to look realistic in the environment we have available. Here's an example. Years ago, I saw pictures of the Auto-Max cars and thought they'd look great on my layout. I bought a couple and put them in the yard. This yard was about 25 feet long, with 5 tracks each for the eastbound and westbound sides, so it wasn't that the yard was too small for large cars. They looked ridiculous, like O scale cars on an HO layout. I thought I'd get used to how they looked. I didn't, and traded them in shortly after for something else. You might say, "What's all this got to do with weathering?" In the same way that those cars just didn't look right compared to the rest of the layout, a car that's weatherd heavily, even if it's prototypical, may not look realistic in comparison to the rest of your rolling stock. I'd suggest starting slowly, with a light coat. Put the car on the layout and stand back. Take a look at it in comparison to other cars, buildings and even the scenery. It's all a package and seeing the car in it's full environment will give you a better idea than viewing the car on it's own. You may very well find that the car looks dirty enough long before you'd have thought it would. Also, it's a lot easier to add a little more than to try cleaning everything off and starting again.
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