Oh, one more thing, sorry to belabor the reply, if you decide to weather a build, make the decison up front. 

Because, as you can see in my build. all the panels are straight with no bends, dents, etc. as would be expected for this type of use. 

The problem is that bending plastic usually requires heat and by the time I decided to weather the kit, it was already painted with decals.  I didn't want to chance destroying it, so I chose to leave it intact, although that leaves a gaping in hole in how it should look.

Again, thanks for the reply!