We all are in the hobby for different reasons and we all get our enjoyment out of different aspects. I respect the scalers as well as the super detailers and the over the top weathering. I'm just happy to have an extra $20 a month to buy another Menards car...I always smile when someone runs scale anything on train track with three rails... That's not a dig by any means, it's just my own uneducated reaction/preferences.
On the subject of Menards, I would be first in line for some reefer cars. However, the cars need to strike a balance of too much detail- case in point, the opening ice hatches on my KLine operating milk car are broken, and three are missing. It's a cool detail, but one that serves no real purpose. I would probably repaint the reefers for my own custom dairy cars or vegetable haulers. I was lucky enough to pick up a couple cases of Atlas 40' plug door undecorated cars a few years ago, but I haven't found any undecorated reefers in any quantity recently. While building the Atlas 40's, I often leave the brake detail off the underside, since in my application no one notices it.
Going down a rabbit trail, any thoughts of what I can use to replace the three missing ice doors? They don't have to function, I would put just a kiss of hot glue to keep them secure. Halfway thought of doing a resin casting. Would the covers on the Menards gondola work?