I have just completed the DCC sound install for the Atlantic Coast Line (ACL) SD35 - see link - and am now ready to start updating the loco to how it looked in CSX service pre-1994.

DCC install

http://www.the-gauge.net/forum/viewtopic...=38&t=3668


Now for some photos under the 'lightbulb sun'. Here's the loco as bought.




The first task was to get rid of the word 'Atlantic', to be replaced by 'Seaboard', remove the numbers and distress the double yellow band.










Next job is to patch up some of the missing black paint before shesmovedon to the next stage.


Jon

A modelling pal pointed out that the font for 'Coast Line' changed with the SCL renumbering and lettering, so off the original came. I have also blackened up the bare areas, ready for the SCL decals.

I used a glass fibre pen to remove the factory-applied decals






Jon

Interesting, Jon. I would not have thought of using a glass-fiber pen to remove the decals, thinking it might be too abrasive, but it seems to work just fine. Did you get yours from Micromark?

Galen

ocalicreek Wrote:Interesting, Jon. I would not have thought of using a glass-fiber pen to remove the decals, thinking it might be too abrasive, but it seems to work just fine. Did you get yours from Micromark?

Galen

There are plenty of traders over here in England that sell them cheaper than having to pay postage from the US. Think I got my last 2 from Modelex

Jon