Norfolk Southern are painted black...but which one?
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With a little soft scrubbing and the 91% isopropyl alcohol, all the old paint came off. That sure worked the trick. I was surprised to discover that the whole engine was painted in the light tan of Burlington and then the red painted over that. So the whole cleaning process took about 30 minutes of gentle scrubbing and thankfully it seems with no harm to the plastic. But under a magnifying glass, I noticed tiny gaps in the putty in one or two spots. They're smaller than a pin point, but there just the same. So tomorrow, I'll try filling them, followed by yet more sanding.

Then the more difficult part...

I'm going to use a primer color first to gave a good solid base coat, let it dry for a day, then use the high gloss black. Hopefully, the gloss black will look good over the primer and not wash out all the subtle detailing on this Nscale engine.
Mark

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