I have an Atlas GP40 in BN paint, and I want to patch it to BNSF. I just need to remove a small BN logo and the writing Burlington Northern below the cab. I dont want to hurt the green paint underneath though. Any good ways of doing this? I just want the white lettering off, leaving the green unharmed. Thanks, bnsf97
90% alcohol, pine sol, or poly S decal and paint remover will all work…if you work fast using these products you can get off the decal without disturbing the paint, (I use a q-tip to apply it) if you leave it on too long and remove paint then that’s ok too…just get a bottle of the matching locomotive’s color (floquil and / or poly S paints) should have an exact color match…you can get them from your LHS … paint over any missing paint with an airbrush or a small artist’s paint brush…chuck
Chuck is correct - except for “decal” Factory lettering is pad printed or silk screened using the same paint formulation (just a different color) as the rest of the model. Anything that will remove the lettering will remove the rest of the paint. Work carefully and quickly with a Q-tip.
In addition, you may want to mask the area around where you are removing lettering to confine the damage. As a bonus, this results in appearance much like real re-numbering/painter overs.
i have found that a pencil eraser ( the kind that is actually on the wood pencils) removes factory decals quite nicely. you do need to find the soft erasers though. the tough ones will not work. rub it slowly and don’t press too hard and TAKE YOUR TIME.
just my 2 cents.