I recently purchased an undecorated Atlas RS-3 and am in the process of tearing it down to paint. My problem is getting the headlight lenses out without damaging them. They won’t budge for me. Can anyone give me any advice or tricks on how to get them out? Thanks in advance
Bruce
Jeweler’s screwdriver from the inside of the shell. It should pop out.
David B
I tried the screwdrivers but these things are really stuck in there[:(!]
Why take them out?
Just put a drop of full strength white glue on each lense and paint over it. When the paint is dry its pretty easy to pull the white glue off the lenes.
-George
Interesting idea, I wonder if putting vaseline would work as well? Seems I heard about that years ago, now you have me thinking, thanks
Bruce
MINE are attached to an snap-in nternal light pipe. Removal was pretty simple, after removing body shell.
Put a little white glue, or liquid scotch tape on it, then paint. When done pull off the glue, and use a q tip dipped in alcohol, to remove any stray paint.
The lenses are part of the light pipe that runs to the center of the cab (unless they changed something in the new releases). Near the center of the shell there are some tabs that the light tube hooks to. It is a simple matter of lifting the light tube slightly off of the tabs ang pulling the tube and lens out of the shell
This is a newer one without the light tube, there is just the lense plugged in the end of the bodies. I wish they were the older light tubes, they were easy to take out and put back in.
Bruce
yea do this, i had to fix the paint around a locomtive with similar problems, just mask it
yea do this, i had to fix the paint around a locomtive with similar problems, just mask it
I would recommend finding the largest hammer you can find (the bigger the better) put the loco on a level steady surface and apply steady downward pressure with the hammer near the troubled light. Should come out just fine. (I never said in how many pieces. Seriously thou I kid.)
In the words of Chris Myers, I kid because I care.