Repair and weather for fun

 I kept on the painting kick after the Tals wagons with this little gem from the late 19th, early twentieth century by Brawa. It started with a broken step and broken hand rails. This required some fine soldering. When all was said and done I added a "Stoffdach" (fabric covered roof), did some acrylic weathering, and progressive fading to make this look like a cared for, but well used wagon at the end of the "länderbahn zeit" (state railway period) in Germany before the multiple railways were consolidated. Although this wagon does not have air brakes fitted, such wagons were allowed in mixed service provided they were affixed to the end of the train during the period when air brakes were being adopted--an interesting operational detail. 

Some shots of the repairs below. These Brawa wagons are lovely, but easily broken during handling, which is why I chose to repair with brass instead of 3D printing the grabs.