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BrandonVA		#1 Posted : 29 March 2016 16:53:23(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 09/12/2011(UTC) Posts: 2,533 Location: VA		Over there years there have been various threads about the factory weathering, everyone having their own taste in the matter. Marklin tends to use a lot of rust, which sometimes might unnatural for an operating steam locomotive. However, there is always a prototype to match somewhere ;) Here's a pretty rusty BR 042 near the end of it's life in 1976. Emden, Germany. Source: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=524476&nseq=126 Here's a pretty rusty BR 44 (DR) near Nordhausen in May of 1981: Source: http://www.drehscheibe-online.d...oren/read.php?17,1412780 I'm not looking for a debate, just to justify our model worlds with some prototypes. -Brandon
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skeeterbuck		#2 Posted : 30 March 2016 13:17:48(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 15/12/2015(UTC) Posts: 523 Location: Maryland, Baltimore		Brandon, I would agree that Marklin leans towards the rust side of weathering. If Marklin applied a base of a very dark gray paint to simulate faded black that would be a better start towards realism.I personally would like to see more road dirt and grime myself. The examples you show are from the last days of steam. I would think that about 5 years into the life of a loco would be more accurate example of a typical engine. Not "brand spanking new", but not on its "last leg" either. Chuck

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carlos.rivas.16752		#3 Posted : 30 March 2016 13:49:03(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 08/04/2015(UTC) Posts: 303 Location: Vigo, Spain		Exactly, that's what I like: light weathering, faded black, some white water stains...more accurate if we talk about a loco in its midyears
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BrandonVA		#4 Posted : 30 March 2016 15:15:30(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 09/12/2011(UTC) Posts: 2,533 Location: VA		Originally Posted by: skeeterbuck Brandon, I would agree that Marklin leans towards the rust side of weathering. If Marklin applied a base of a very dark gray paint to simulate faded black that would be a better start towards realism.I personally would like to see more road dirt and grime myself. The examples you show are from the last days of steam. I would think that about 5 years into the life of a loco would be more accurate example of a typical engine. Not "brand spanking new", but not on its "last leg" either. Chuck Chuck, I agree. It's pretty hard to find photos of German steam locos in service that are in this kind of shape. Both the DB and the DR seem to have kept them up very well. More often the "worn" copies just seem to be really greasy. Nevertheless, for ever rule there is an exception, and here we have some :) -Brandon
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