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I ended up tackling this today, and it wasn't really that bad. I did 6539 first, and found that after I placed one number and got the next one cut out and ready to place, the first would no longer move, even with more micro-set applied. So 6539 wound up a little more packed together than I...
Well, I only have two to do, and I've already got the micrscale decal sheet that I used for the nose "SP". I wasn't initially planning on adding the small road numbers, but figured I'd try since I have the rest of the sheet to use.
Today I received a microscale decal sheet for SP diesel locomotives to continue the process of detailing a couple of my older Blue Box GP's. Adding the SP to the nose was very straight forward. However I also want to add the road numbers to the end of the long-hood end of the locomotive. I've...
Yes, it certainly looks bad. Especially compared to the two newer models in the image.
I ended up selling the SD45. Actually was able to get a lot more than I paid for it.
Thanks for the tips on decals though.
After some more thinking and poking around, I realized I have a bottle of flat red acrylic paint from Walmart that looks to be a pretty close match for the scarlet paint on the front of the locomotive. So I may just paint over the existing numbering instead of trying to erase it off. Once the...
They are individually applied parts, not molded-on bumps meant to represent grab irons (I realize it's not clear from the picture). I'm not sure how you'd apply a decal over them, unless I'm missing something.
Ya. That makes sense. I think my biggest hesitation at this point is how to deal with the grab irons without breaking something or making a mess glueing them back on.
Thanks for the response. I wonder if it would be possible to slit or split the decal and apply it around the grab irons instead of removing them...? The SP decal looks like it would cover a lot of the "erased" numbers, even if there is some discoloration.
Wondering what it takes to replace the numbers on the nose with an SP decal. A couple questions...
1. How easy/difficult is it to remove the two grab irons without breaking them and keeping them to reinstall?
2. Can I remove the white numbering without needing to repaint the scarlet before...