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<p>I just finished doing an N scale F3A in my Wisconsin & Iowa scheme (turned-out great). I ordered a replacement shell from Kato because I was a bonehead and broke the pilot on the original.</p><p>Anyway - the shell I ordered was decorated for GN but was listed as "imperfect paint", which it was since it looked like they did only one coat of the orange on the sides (whereas the nose had, it appeared, two coats). Since it was $10 cheaper and I'd have stripped the paint on the original anyway, I went ahead and bought it for $15.</p><p>I used my Chameleon paint stripper and it easily removed the lettering and the orange from the sides. The Brunswick Green came off a bit more stubbornly. But, the orange on the nose was completely resistent to Chameleon. I couldn't even get a smear let alone get to the bare plastic. The repainting went perfectly and I had no trouble with the undercoat of orange.</p><p>Have any of you ever had trouble stripping the Kato-delivered paint work? This is the first time I've had this type of issue.</p>
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