Bought of Ebay, set was painted twice with different decals, used Castorl Suoer Clean cleaner and degreaser to strip off paint, only took 1 hour, must wear gloves, eye protection, little or no fumes and biodegradable dont use aluminum pan, will eat it, plastic bowl ok. I need to know what style and size font for the lettering and numbers ( know their blue ). Also replacement dome, silhouette’s for the cars. Tried Olsen but site is down. Anybody got a link ?
Thanks Mark
Michigan
Hi, Mark. Try this link-- http://woodlandscenics.woodlandscenics.com/. I’ve not used their products, but it was recommended to me. When I stripped a Maplewood car of 2 layers of olive drab paint, I used OVENOFF. Sprayed & soaked over night in a plastic bag, the paint came right off the next day.
I buy transfer film from Papilio Digital Media –http://www.papilio.com/ and print my own decals. I find it works best if I print the lettering before strip a car. That way I can print the decal on plain paper full size & match the type to the original both for size & type. I frequently use MS WORD Arial for block letters and Times New Roman for serif letters but I use others. I use whatever is closest for numbers. Blue color shouldn’t be a problem.
When I lettered (3) 2623/2624, IRVINGTON/MANHATTAN cars, I bought stamps because I wanted a correct match.
There are a number of sellers on eBay that provide decals and dry transfer lettering from time to time, but I think they are expensive.
Byron