Model Railroading > Removing numbers from Rivarossi/Hornby GEs

I am working on my BN GE Rivarossi U28C fleet, and want to remove the factory applied NP and CB&Q numbers. I have tried to remove the numbers with MicroSol with no luck.

Has anyone tried to remove the numbers and been successful without damaging the factory paint?

KM

Dont think they are any kind of decales could be wrong but should be paint.

Fow what its worth, I had to strip two of these, and even grit blasting had a hard time removing the lettering..

KM, I had the same experience.  Used a curved razor scalple to scrape the lettering off, not pretty.  Will need to decal over or paint over the spot before relettering.
Tim Costello

> KM, I had the same experience.  Used a curved razor scalpel to scrape the lettering off, not
> pretty.  Will need to decal over or paint over the spot before relettering.

Tim, I had to do the same thing with some Kato units. It takes a light hand and good optivisors to only go through the letters and stay within the limits of the existing numbers you're trying to remove. I thought I got pretty good results after I laid the new number in place and used decal set to snug it down.

Dano
Montana

I even tried some Tamiya thinner on a micro brush with no luck.....