About the blending of the two threads, which renders my next statement incomprehensible, especially with the removal of everything leading up to it - another bet with myself won! Some people just can’t help themselves…
Regarding the “mysterious” title to the now “disappeared” thread:
Anything related to railroad modeling is somewhat rare here, so the tag pretty much gives it away. As a railroad guy I say lemme check this out.
Stalin would be proud.
Excellent job on the weathering by the way.