| 4-9 2:28:38 | DAZed | will speaking of poof-gone.... |
| 4-9 2:26:03 | rvn2001 | I sure hope so. |
| 4-9 2:25:58 | DAZed | Thom, it is possible. I'm still looking at options |
| 4-9 2:25:38 | DAZed | very excited to get my hands on the new Dash 9!!! Maybe I'l have it by next Wednesday. |
| 4-9 2:25:22 | rvn2001 | I don't imagine you can just paint over it? |
| 4-9 2:24:49 | DAZed | anyway.... |
| 4-9 2:23:59 | DAZed | but it's too much work to get there |
| 4-9 2:23:43 | DAZed | and I learned that the source car (CSXT) is one that didn't sell well so I was imagining that AZL might work a deal on several sets. |
| 4-9 2:22:56 | DAZed | I am bummed about the bethgon. Had that been an easy conversion, I would have had one of my unit trains pretty well served on a platter. |
| 4-9 2:21:03 | rvn2001 | That's a little more drastic.. |
| 4-9 2:20:48 | GNFan | The bethgon was nearly poof-gone. |
| 4-9 2:20:30 | DAZed | or the "see if the hammer can jar the lettering loose" method |
| 4-9 2:18:44 | DAZed |
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| 4-9 2:18:40 | DAZed | Thom, that bethgon was seconds away from testing that method... |
| 4-9 2:18:15 | rvn2001 | You're supposed to light it on fire, Doug. |
| 4-9 2:18:15 | DAZed | so not only does it take longer, it also requires a lot more applications |
| 4-9 2:17:49 | DAZed | but it's hard to work with...as you can imagine it evaporates very quickly. |
| 4-9 2:17:02 | DAZed | for the camp fuel, yes. It actually thankfully does not emit an extremely strong odor |
| 4-9 2:16:25 | stonysmith | breathing the fumes, Doug? |
| 4-9 2:16:06 | DAZed | Atlas is pretty much like AZL |
| 4-9 2:15:47 | DAZed | lettering on the FT cars does not budge. MTL requires camp fuel, not Microsol, and it is challenging as well. |
| 4-9 2:14:29 | DAZed | (sorry got distracted for a minute) |
| 4-9 2:14:14 | DAZed | John, yes....and Full Throttle is impossible to do, btw |
| 4-9 2:14:05 | rvn2001 | Good nite, Ellen. |
| 4-9 2:13:35 | ejshelton | Time to go....ZU all next time |
| 4-9 2:12:17 | ejshelton | I agree with John |
| 4-9 2:12:06 | ejshelton | ZU John |
| 4-9 2:11:59 | rvn2001 | Good nite, John. |
| 4-9 2:11:38 | soccrdad30 | well, time for me to go... have agood nite all |
| 4-9 2:07:50 | soccrdad30 | then, I suppose that Marklin, MTL, Atlas, and other brands may be different in the timing |
| 4-9 2:06:57 | DAZed | once, I was uber conservative and within 4 minutes the paint was coming off. (AZL 2-bay cement hoppers) |
| 4-9 2:06:03 | DAZed | it's a game of keeping the paper towel soaked with Microsol, so you usually have to reapply 2-3 times and then take it off at just the right time and hope you only get lettering and not paint. So to start with, you have to be very conservative with timing. |
| 4-9 2:05:37 | stonysmith | Doug, there is some applicator that has a needle and a glass bottle.. I'd like to find one of those |
| 4-9 2:05:01 | soccrdad30 | that took time |
| 4-9 2:04:31 | DAZed | *then place |
| 4-9 2:04:21 | DAZed | I cut out tiny pieces of paper towel that cover the areas desired to be removed, the place them and then apply Microsol with a qtip. I need to invest in an eye dropper honestly |
| 4-9 2:03:38 | soccrdad30 | okay, I think you answered my question |
| 4-9 2:03:25 | DAZed | that gets tricky though....long story |
| 4-9 2:03:18 | soccrdad30 | do you let the mirco-sol sit or soak? |
| 4-9 2:02:56 | DAZed | So for example, I could do the reporting marks on one end of the UP car and some random car handling instructions on the other end and then remove them indepenedently but still "soak" them all at once. |
| 4-9 2:01:40 | DAZed | the "easy" cars it usually takes 15-20 mins per "element". Sometimes I can do multiple at once though. So minimum hour for the four sides of the car if I do the end reporting marks, which admittedly I don't always do. |
| 4-9 2:01:31 | GNFan |
Color choice made for the sole purpose of aggravating Doug.  |
| 4-9 2:00:22 | DAZed | Note that the original paint scheme on this car is 100% red lettering head to toe |
| 4-9 1:59:57 | DAZed | here's what the UP car will eventually emulate... «link» |
| 4-9 1:58:48 | soccrdad30 | how much time has it taken per car to get at that point? |
| 4-9 1:56:52 | soccrdad30 | I like your projects Doug |
| 4-9 1:56:16 | DAZed | silver paint does not usually hold up very well. |
| 4-9 1:56:06 | DAZed | I really thought the UP was gonna be a huge problem with the silver |
| 4-9 1:55:20 | DAZed | Mike, closer to gone than my fanbase would like. Both of them. |
| 4-9 1:54:54 | soccrdad30 | cleaned up better than I thought |
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