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I soak model shells in DOT3 brakefluid for a few hours. Than wash with soap and water using a soft tooth brush. Test inside the shell to make sure it doesn't attack the plastic.
In a message dated 2/24/2019 2:37:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org writes:


I used to use PineSol to strip paint, but you can't buy anything with pine oil in it anymore. Try 91% isopropyl alcohol. Or just scratch off the conrail white lettering and logo with a sharp blade and paint over the blue.
Jim Nichols
On Sunday, February 24, 2019, 11:09:08 AM CST, NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:


For you broadly interested VGN and N&W enthusiasts:

 

Two authentic sketches attached.  The first will strike an immediate chord, as it is the one NH adapted for its EF-4 paint scheme.  Interestingly, the graphic artist seemed to be suggesting gray underbody and truck sideframes, which did not eventuate. 

 

But the NH’s graphic artist did a second sketch and submitted it to management for consideration.  The EF-4’s could have looked quite a bit different.

 

Somehow I ended up with a Bachmann EF-4 in Conrail colors (bleah).  (That name reminds me of the joke, “What’s the antonym for ‘progress’?  Why, ‘Congress’, of course.”)  I’ll probably try to do this with orange decal stripes and logo decals on white paint.  As if the EL-C’s needed yet one more scheme!

 

Anybody have a good technique for stripping Bachmann paint off plastic?

 

-Eric Bott



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