Hi all, new to the forum. Back at my layout after like a 7 year gap!  So relearning or rethinking a lot. Modeling a freelance mountain line in the Allegheny mountain area, the Virginia Western Railway. One question i'd like to pose.  

I had acquired a wide assortment of model building kits (too many and some too big, don't know what i was thinking.) Some seem high quality by manufacturer reputation - lots of Walthers, some Atlas. But for my Appalachain town area, I had acquired a lot of "Model Power" houses: "Farm House", "Boarding House", various other names. They seemed right for the style of my mountain town, and certainly easy to build, but i have a question on quality vis-a-vis other kits I have. Are Model Power house kits "acceptable" in terms of quality, or will they stick out like a sore thumb?

I planned to paint and weather them, scratch the sides with coarse sandpaper to create some depth to the boarding. But is it worth it? What stands out as lacking on these Model Power kits? Taking a look side to side at the sprues with other kits, I don't notice that much difference in the windows, perhaps the Model Power are a bit thicker at the edges. The house side paneling doesn't seem garish. Yet when i look up these kits - seems Walthers has taken some over and label them "Trainline" instead of "Cornerstone". Are these kits that bad for garish or some reason, to stand next to Cornerstone and City Classics "Company Houses", for example? Are the Model Power kits worth the time to assemble and paint or should i just toss them? Lastly, are there ways you recommend to improve the kits, whether roof replacement or using Tichy windows? 

Thanks for the help. I am reorienting in my model railroading.