07-24-2012, 03:30 PM
I used some sort of paint remover for plastics, Floquil or Scalecoat or whatever it was. It had been sitting in an old coffee jar, so I don't have the label. I used a cotton swab and brushed it over the lettering, but it was hard to control, and it either sat there for a long time and didn't do anything, or it suddenly ate through the base paint as well. That was why I had to mask off the tuxedo and repaint the body with Engine Black to get things uniform again, but now I have to touch up the bleedthrough on the tuxedo.
I have no idea why Bachmann did them in the 9000s. They kept the 7000 numbers into NS. If you have your NS unit in hand, could you post a good photo? I'd like to see how close it is to the prototype lettering, since for $30 I really don't want to go through that paint work again!
During the 1980s I was working at various places where I had to pass over the LA River and the UP tracks on the East Bank on my commute, and I frequently saw SOU/NS units running through on the UP. I think you can easily justify these units in LA, but it sounds like you sometimes extend your conceptual territory into the Southeast anyhow. I agree that even without flywheels, these are good-running units, and a little paint and decal work does a lot for them.
I have no idea why Bachmann did them in the 9000s. They kept the 7000 numbers into NS. If you have your NS unit in hand, could you post a good photo? I'd like to see how close it is to the prototype lettering, since for $30 I really don't want to go through that paint work again!
During the 1980s I was working at various places where I had to pass over the LA River and the UP tracks on the East Bank on my commute, and I frequently saw SOU/NS units running through on the UP. I think you can easily justify these units in LA, but it sounds like you sometimes extend your conceptual territory into the Southeast anyhow. I agree that even without flywheels, these are good-running units, and a little paint and decal work does a lot for them.