That's really good work Dan and I appreciate the video on this subject. I model the Union Pacific and N scale and trying to get paint off of a Kato diesel locomotive is a pain. Anyway, I understand that you do a lot of weathering on freight cars as well and you use photos of the car that you are weathering. I just found a big lot of Precision Masters Models in Union Pacific and Chicago Northwestern 5 Bay coal hoppers on Ebay. There are 13 sets of 3, with the majority of them being Union Pacific. I would like to have a few of the Chicago Northwestern cars patched with the Union Pacific logo and so forth, but I can't locate photos of ex Chicago Northwestern coal hoppers that might have gotten patched or renumbered and lettered for the Union Pacific. I'm quite sure the Rio Grande and Southern Pacific have this car as well and I would like to patch a few of them as well. I have been able to find them in N scale from Fox Valley models. Any help that you could provide would be greatly appreciate it.
Yes, but microsol dries quickly, so soaking is an issue. You might, perhaps, be able to take a piece of toilet paper soaked in solution, and set it on the area.
Basically, yes! But those are thinner areas so a little less work needs to be done. It is also sometimes easier to just paint over the old numbers. This is very easy if they are black.
Dan. The IPA(Alcohol) will do the same as the Micro sol. The Alcohol is just cheaper way opposed to the Micro sol. Yes you have to work with the IPA but if you have patients and a good pink pencil eraser. You will have no damage to the under coat of the paint. You could of even used a pink pencil eraser instead of a Q-Tip soaked in the Micro sol to remove the pad printed lettering. Kevin
Great video. Question: What's your process (and tools) for safely removing the handrails? And, do you do anything special when you reattach them?
Great job! Will this work on Athearn blue box locos & rollingstock?
Nice Job Dan, appreciate the advice and the effort... Thanks as always for sharing...
Nice job, informative and accurate.
Outstanding tutorial, as always!
Would this work on a broadway limited engine?
Nice work Dan. thanks for this .
Cheers Gregg
That's really good work Dan and I appreciate the video on this subject. I model the Union Pacific and N scale and trying to get paint off of a Kato diesel locomotive is a pain. Anyway, I understand that you do a lot of weathering on freight cars as well and you use photos of the car that you are weathering. I just found a big lot of Precision Masters Models in Union Pacific and Chicago Northwestern 5 Bay coal hoppers on Ebay. There are 13 sets of 3, with the majority of them being Union Pacific. I would like to have a few of the Chicago Northwestern cars patched with the Union Pacific logo and so forth, but I can't locate photos of ex Chicago Northwestern coal hoppers that might have gotten patched or renumbered and lettered for the Union Pacific. I'm quite sure the Rio Grande and Southern Pacific have this car as well and I would like to patch a few of them as well. I have been able to find them in N scale from Fox Valley models. Any help that you could provide would be greatly appreciate it.
Great tutorial, Thank you. David.
Great video ! Thanks for sharing ! Martin
Thanks for sharing Dan.
Ethan
Would the decals come off easier if you let the micro sol sit longer?
Yes, but microsol dries quickly, so soaking is an issue. You might, perhaps, be able to take a piece of toilet paper soaked in solution, and set it on the area.
Thank you.
THANK YOU...for sharing.
Would you do the same process for the # boards?
Basically, yes! But those are thinner areas so a little less work needs to be done. It is also sometimes easier to just paint over the old numbers. This is very easy if they are black.
Dan. The IPA(Alcohol) will do the same as the Micro sol. The Alcohol is just cheaper way opposed to the Micro sol. Yes you have to work with the IPA but if you have patients and a good pink pencil eraser. You will have no damage to the under coat of the paint. You could of even used a pink pencil eraser instead of a Q-Tip soaked in the Micro sol to remove the pad printed lettering. Kevin
does this technique work with kato units?
I tried this on a Kato F40 and it did nothing.
This didn’t work for me maybe it’s the age of the boxcar?
Athearn says let it sit for 5 minutes, you won't have to scrub
"Off of?" Grammar!! :-)
"Off of" is a perfectly appropriate compound preposition. It's just not formal, like a contraction.
"Of" is redundant, but completely normal in American English.