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 Posted - December 29 2009 : 08:27:56 AM
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Poll Question:
I'd like to add a poll question about how people prefer their train cars & locos.
So what's your preference?
Poll Requested by Tyco nut (Rus)
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| Results: |
| Weathered |
 [16%] |
4 votes |
| As new as possible |
[16%] |
4 votes |
| As issued (no changed trucks, couplers, etc.) |
[32%] |
8 votes |
| Don't care |
[20%] |
5 votes |
| Other (please post reply) |
[16%] |
4 votes |
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Poll Status:
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Total Votes: 25 counted »» |
Last Vote:
January 10 2010 4:23:01 PM |
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Edited by - romcat on December 29 2009 08:28:46 AM
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Posted - December 29 2009 : 08:41:33 AM
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| i buy because i like,so if its been weathered ok,been altered ok,but most of all the pleasure it gives me ken
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Posted - December 29 2009 : 09:29:44 AM
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I like mine looking as new as possible - they weather all by themselves it seems, but can be washed back to new. I like the model railroading aspect but prefer the fantasy aspect when it comes down to it. I've got a few that are heavily weathered - not that a good job wasn't done - but that I will eventually sell if I have to or TRADE which is always more fun for me. I think I'd rather run them instead of let them be shelf queens.
Rus
Starting my Tyco and other favorites collection over again after 37 years.
My still in progress list of inventory and wantlist: tyconut.com
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Posted - December 29 2009 : 10:05:42 AM
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Weathered and custom detailed, if I can help it. I like being prototypical and count myself as a "rivet-counter" although I tend to keep my opinions to myself, most times at least.
Kris Carver-Seaboyer
Modelling the Grafton Terminal Railway, set in New Brunswick, Canada in the 1978-1984 time frame
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Posted - December 29 2009 : 11:23:57 AM
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| I enjoy all levels, from rivet counter to NIB...it really depends on the model.
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Posted - December 29 2009 : 1:06:45 PM
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I voted "as issued" as that's the case for my vintage stuff, but in other cases I sometimes like to customize my trains (add interiors, couplers, weights, etc...). I'm not too picky about my trains
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Posted - December 29 2009 : 1:35:52 PM
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 I don't care really But on locos Don't really care if it runs or not  Long as its cool looking & it runs its a good one 
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Posted - December 29 2009 : 1:49:30 PM
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Diecast, tinplate and wood, plastic is ok if well done, weathering is fine too! - Erich
Edited by - Erich on December 29 2009 1:52:34 PM
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 Posted - December 29 2009 : 3:26:45 PM
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Hi All,
I like mine as new as possible. But on the other hand, I LOVE those boxes of beat up and battered trains the Great One brings me from Flea markets and garage sales. I like working on them all. Even if I can't get it going a non working loco. still looks good riding my display.
Mike
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Posted - December 29 2009 : 7:18:20 PM
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I strongly prefer a weathered look, although I'm still not very skilled at acheiving that look myself! 
    
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Posted - December 30 2009 : 12:06:15 AM
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| I like my trains as issued. If I buy a boxed piece I want it in new condition. If I buy a loose piece I can live with a tiny nicks, etc, as long as nothing is broken.... Walt
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Posted - December 30 2009 : 03:15:53 AM
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| I went with other. On many of my loco's I like the NIB look. Its like a waxed car to me, it just looks better lol. In all seriousness some of the my locos I just view them as a "pride of the fleet" sort of deals so I prefer for them to look clean. On the other hand something like my PRR Alco RS-3's I REALLY want to weather badly. Every picture I've seen of them has had a few double heading long freight drags over tree filled landscapes. So in my mind 'dirty' is how they should really be.
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Posted - January 10 2010 : 3:43:43 PM
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While I appreciate the weathered look, I also like them new and unabused. For realistic operations, I wouldn't mind weathering, but for most of my collection, I just take them however they are.
jerry
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 Posted - January 10 2010 : 4:07:42 PM
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I buy what I like when I see it.
I don't rivet count. Mainly because my eyesight isn't good enough to rivet count anymore! :^)
My Tyco items - I like to have one original. Like someone mentioned previously - on the layout, they tend to weather themselves. ;^) Any duplicates - customized and weathered is fine, as long as I have one that's the way it came from factory.
My Lionel items. Always original from factory with no modifications or weathering. My Lionel set is my "take me back to when it was fun being a kid" set that dealt more with operating accessories and railway flatcar cannons that shot projectiles at unsuspecting siblings. I know there are Lionel High Railers out there that go prototypical (to me "prototypical", "O Gauge" and "O-27" were never said in the same sentence) ... but I consider my Lionel my big fun toy train set.
My club Model Railroad items ... okay, now we're talking protyping, weathering and simulated abuse. Although I wouldn't take a $200+ DCC/Sound Proto 2000 locomotive and weather it (no one at the club does), I would weather my $10 to $20 rolling stock and work over some gondolas, add graffiti, etc. On the highly detailed club layout - a coal drag of squeaky clean Bethgons really sticks out like a sore thumb and wouldn't be run during open house operating sessions. They just wouldn't fit in with the layout. (Of course, when no one is around, I do occasionally use the layout's DC line and run my Tyco through the massive layout ...)
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Posted - January 10 2010 : 9:09:14 PM
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| I like them 100% clean and just like new. I've experimented with weathering, but it's not something I really appreciate. The only time I weather things now is when I get used items that are already "rough".
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RETRO
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Posted - August 12 2011 : 01:55:01 AM
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full size locos are new at one stage and thats what I like ,weathering looks real but I like em clean
RETRO.
BEEN THERE, DONE THAT, WHATS NEXT !
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