Nothing to apologize for at all, Paul. It's such a small thing.
Like Jim (Sutter), I'm not a fan of weathering, either. I thought that the weathered reefer series MPC did many moons ago was great; however, much of my admiration was for the innovative thought that went into the production of them. One of the many fantastic things the MPC-era Lionel people did. IMHO, Lionel at that time should have gone the extra step and also produced a weathered engine and caboose to go with the reefers. The series would have been more popular had they done that, I think. Without those, the reefers were a bit like orphans.
Similar situation with the Menard's weathered cars. They need a weathered engine and caboose, but that isn't terribly difficult for a person to do (not a great job, necessarily, but at least a passable one).
