SpaceMouse
Fun Lover
I took this picture earlier this month and posted it yesterday. I had noticed that it had been painted and the hood lowered.
Then today, I found this. I told the guy I wasn't going to get it because MicroScale was out of the decals and he had to find a set in stock.
So I have a couple issues to deal with.
First of all, I don't know how to remove the decals. I've simply never done it before. The toughie will be removing the G&W circle without disturbing the stripe.
Secondly, the orange color is some sort of weird dayglo fluorescent. How can I tone it down without repainting the whole thing? For the $29.95 that I paid for it, it is not worth stripping and painting. If I was going to do that. I'd be looking at an undecorated Atlas with sound. Any ideas. Certainly it will look better once I paint the exhaust vents and handrails, but come on, what were those guys thinking?
Lastly, are there any issues I should know about before I install a decoder. I haven't run this thing, and I won't probably until after it has a decoder. I have a choice. I can put in a Digitrax that runs about $18, or an NCE which runs about $29. I have both sitting around. I don't want to waste a NCE on a crappy runner.
Then today, I found this. I told the guy I wasn't going to get it because MicroScale was out of the decals and he had to find a set in stock.
So I have a couple issues to deal with.
First of all, I don't know how to remove the decals. I've simply never done it before. The toughie will be removing the G&W circle without disturbing the stripe.
Secondly, the orange color is some sort of weird dayglo fluorescent. How can I tone it down without repainting the whole thing? For the $29.95 that I paid for it, it is not worth stripping and painting. If I was going to do that. I'd be looking at an undecorated Atlas with sound. Any ideas. Certainly it will look better once I paint the exhaust vents and handrails, but come on, what were those guys thinking?
Lastly, are there any issues I should know about before I install a decoder. I haven't run this thing, and I won't probably until after it has a decoder. I have a choice. I can put in a Digitrax that runs about $18, or an NCE which runs about $29. I have both sitting around. I don't want to waste a NCE on a crappy runner.