QUOTE: Originally posted by AggroJones QUOTE: Originally posted by orsonroy QUOTE: Originally posted by Tracklayer Hello all. I just got off the phone with a fellow model railroader. Most of our conversation had to do with how to weather locos and rolling stock. I personally prefer not to weather anything because a lot of the time it hurts the resale value of the item, and in my way of thinking, the day could always possibly come when I might want or have to sale the stuff... Tracklayer When you buy a model RR product, you are NOT creating a savings plan for the future. As soon as the item enters the bag at your LHS, it loses value. Rare exceptions include SOME brass, and SOME Kadee/Micro-Trains cars. If you don't have either of those things on your layout, go ahead and weather away. As Boxcar Mike on this group has proven, a GOOD weathering job can actuall increase the value of the car, as much as 100%! Sometimes 800%! [:0]
QUOTE: Originally posted by orsonroy QUOTE: Originally posted by Tracklayer Hello all. I just got off the phone with a fellow model railroader. Most of our conversation had to do with how to weather locos and rolling stock. I personally prefer not to weather anything because a lot of the time it hurts the resale value of the item, and in my way of thinking, the day could always possibly come when I might want or have to sale the stuff... Tracklayer When you buy a model RR product, you are NOT creating a savings plan for the future. As soon as the item enters the bag at your LHS, it loses value. Rare exceptions include SOME brass, and SOME Kadee/Micro-Trains cars. If you don't have either of those things on your layout, go ahead and weather away. As Boxcar Mike on this group has proven, a GOOD weathering job can actuall increase the value of the car, as much as 100%!
QUOTE: Originally posted by Tracklayer Hello all. I just got off the phone with a fellow model railroader. Most of our conversation had to do with how to weather locos and rolling stock. I personally prefer not to weather anything because a lot of the time it hurts the resale value of the item, and in my way of thinking, the day could always possibly come when I might want or have to sale the stuff... Tracklayer
QUOTE: Originally posted by AggroJones WHAT KIND OF QUESTION IS THAT!!! [;)] Of course, YES to weather.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by SpaceMouse IT doesn't decrease the price if you do a great job weathering and market it well. I've only done one loco, but it is the only one that has been taken to the point where it could be weathered. Same goes with my rolling stock. I need to get the right decals on them. However, I weather all my structures.
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