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[rex desilets]

OK. Would this Atlantic Coast Line be doable?
Looks like it would make a swell ACL Pacific. Might need the odd change in appliances.

What’s the “US” for?United States, as in USRA. That tender lettering would restrict era drastically, I think.
What did it pull?Well, it is supposed to be a passenger loco.
Inquiring Apprentices need to know!

[De Bruin]

Yes indeed Jon well done, agree with RD, this side looks pretty darn close to your original posted photo too.



Damn good looking engines

[2railjon]

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[De Bruin]

I think there is a product that is/was made specially for removing printed/silk screened factory lettering .
Might've been by defunct Scalecoat, or Floquil but perhaps their successor still sells it. Anyone specifcally familiar with this?
I used brake fluid, but its hit or miss depending on the original application composition.
I have not had a good experience recently with dipping off Weaver shells or car bodies and still have a few more to do.
So I'm definitely looking for alternatives as well.

[E7]

I think it's ALL pretty much a crap shoot, but one I've heard for pad printing is just carefully using a plain old pencil eraser (as in very carefully).

I've also heard very hot water on a cloth (something soft like micro fiber).

naptha

Maybe Sarge would care to comment????

[bob turner]

Looks good to me. Get a Sunset 4-8-0 if you really must have accurate N&W steam. I wouldn't have known either. In fact, it is an excuse to open the N&W Steam book. I cannot believe they had only one style of Pacific.

[E7]

Looks good to me. Get a Sunset 4-8-0 if you really must have accurate N&W steam. I wouldn't have known either. In fact, it is an excuse to open the N&W Steam book. I cannot believe they had only one style of Pacific.

Pacifics were prolific as passenger engines. Looking at Wikipedia, N&W had 62 E class Pacifics which I am guessing did most of their passenger hauling until the J's arrived. What say ye, N&W experts?

[bob turner]

The N&W class E2 had a tender like that. The sand dome, driver size, and presumably the pilot, were different. The gold N&W legend is so elegant it is almost a shame to convert. But that is a USRA, and ACL is not the only road to use them.

If I were going for a repaint, I would try the eraser, then graduate to a new piece of 600 wet sandpaper. Once lettering is gone, I would shoot gloss black on tender and cab sides, wait a week, and decal. But if it were mine, I would pretend N&W borrowed the thing from ACL.

CLW may still have the intriguing tender trucks. I captured a set a while back, and may yet have a Lobaugh ACL Pacific. And someday a Williams class A with a new firebox. We'll see . . .

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[J. S. Bach]

Looking good.

[E7]

Jon,

Just curious what amount of air pressure you used to remove the letters?

Thanks,
Rich

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[bob turner]

You are an artist!