Almost all die cast models look frighteningly glossy out of the box, yet few people do anything about that.
Probably because so many of us like them looking "frighteningly glossy."
Yeah, good point. I keep having to remind myself that O scale is really split down the middle between the, "Glossy toy look" and the, "Scale model look". And before anyone tries to jump on me for pointing that out, I contend that neither is better than the other, mind you, it's all apples and oranges.
But when I see the 'scale model' types (who weather everything else) with uber shiny diecast cars, then I find that odd.
I go to a lot of trouble to get the diecast stuff I have looking used and dull:
I think that the Model T truck to the right is an IXO model. I think I paid about $8 for it:
The 41 Plymouth truck, for rural Tennessee in 1943, was a huge stretch but I liked the looks of it so much. I really liked how it looked out of the box but there was simply no way it'd look that bright after three years in an era and place where nobody washed their cars (I made a point of asking my parents questions like that whenever I'm building something for the layout as it takes place in the valley they grew up in, when they would have been 7 and 8).
