Keith Wrote:
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> John:
>
> Your image (which I must refer to when building my
> models!) brings up a sometimes heated topic in
> preservation. Though my wife would like to think
> that life leaves a tidy place behind, the reality
> is messy vitality. Chipped paint,crooked, worn
> brooms, benches, pails for coal and water.
> Usually, our preservation efforts result in neatly
> painted sterile environments that don't tell us
> near as much as your photo.
>
> Keith
That's really why I posted it. It is an interesting issue with regard to "preservation". Ironically, many modelers are master practitioners of the art of weathering.
John