This may seem like a silly question (it does - even to me!), but how much weathering is too much?
I have been looking around the internet for pictures to guide me, and I have been very taken with a number of models inspired by George Sellios. The problem seems to me that while some of the scenes / structures are set in the 1910s and 20s (which is about right for my era) they are very heavily weathered.
Does this seem like a problem? I mean, some of the buildings would date from the 1880s & 1890s, and therefore be only about 20-30 years old, yet they have been weathered to the point where they look like they would today (i.e. late 1980s - early 2000s).
So it has taken me a while to get to this point - but how long does it take for, e.g. a metal roof to start showing rust? or for clapboard siding to start splitting? or roof tiles to start peeling? If the majority of my buildings are (or will be) late Victorian brick, or 1900-1920 wood construction, how much weathering should they have if my layout date is 1930? It is intended to be a small fictional town in Ontario, with no heavy industry, no ocean or large waterbody nearby.
Thanks for your comments and suggestions!
Andrew
I have been looking around the internet for pictures to guide me, and I have been very taken with a number of models inspired by George Sellios. The problem seems to me that while some of the scenes / structures are set in the 1910s and 20s (which is about right for my era) they are very heavily weathered.
Does this seem like a problem? I mean, some of the buildings would date from the 1880s & 1890s, and therefore be only about 20-30 years old, yet they have been weathered to the point where they look like they would today (i.e. late 1980s - early 2000s).
So it has taken me a while to get to this point - but how long does it take for, e.g. a metal roof to start showing rust? or for clapboard siding to start splitting? or roof tiles to start peeling? If the majority of my buildings are (or will be) late Victorian brick, or 1900-1920 wood construction, how much weathering should they have if my layout date is 1930? It is intended to be a small fictional town in Ontario, with no heavy industry, no ocean or large waterbody nearby.
Thanks for your comments and suggestions!
Andrew