Thanks for the replies. I want to strip it since I kind of already started..... when I was trying alcohol, some of the paint came off with scraping but I was hoping for a faster results. I also scraped off the moulded on piping to replace it is brass wire. It looks like the oven cleaner would be the easiest/ cheapest route for me. Would that stuff also remove enamel paint? I have some engines I painted with polly scale enamel spray cans but I would like to retry with airbrushed acrylic paint. I do have to admit Doctorwayne, I am quite jealous of your skills!
Lone Geep
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Thanks, Antonio!
I re-did her to better match the re-motored brass ex-B&M B-15 Mogul with which she usually runs. The cabs, from Bachmann Consolidations, create a "family look" with the 2-8-0s which are the road's heavy power.
Here are the two together...
...and one of the road's Consolidations on a freight:
Super Clean is available at Walmart in Canada, but last time I checked, it was twenty bucks a gallon. I buy mine in the States...usually ten bucks, but got several gallons last summer for six and change - a good deal, even with the lousy exchange rate.
Wayne
How ironic! As I'm typing my above post referring to past modelers hopping up their units, Doc Wayne posts his before I post!
Doc...she's a beauty!
"I like my Pullman Standards & Budds in Stainless Steel flavors, thank you!"
Hi Lone Geep,
If your IHC Mogul was manufactured in the 1980's, then you likely have a PEMCO shell which, generally, were painted with some rather durable finishes.
Funny thing is that while PEMCO diesels and rolling stock were considered "toylike", some of their steamers (like the Mogul) were attractive and decently detailed (for 1980's standards). There were some posts here, years back, of modelers hopping up, detailing, and weathering their IHC steamers so nicely that (imho) at first glance they could pass for brass units.
Anyway, as suggested, Easy Off Oven Cleaner would be an inexpensive and effective approach for some of the tougher paint finishes we encounter. Super Clean is another good option. One gallon should run you just under $10 at the local "Wally World". A medium or hard bristled tooth brush would be helpufl as well after the paint loosens it's grip.
I'd use caution with the brake fluid, as it does attack some plastics: it totally destroyed an Atlas S-2 shell for me. I've had good luck with Super Clean on a number of different brands of rolling stock.I'm curious as to the need to strip paint from that locomotive. It's likely black now and will likely end up being black again when you've finished doing whatever you're planning on doing. Black covers black pretty well, although if you're planning on adding details, you may wish to prime it before the final paint job.If you're using an airbrush for painting, more paint shouldn't hide the details, although spraycan paint might.
I modified my IHC Mogul with a few details and shortened the tender after converting it for coal. New paint was applied right over the original:
Later, I decided to make a few more changes to the locomotive....
...and the tender...
...and simply painted the new stuff:
I have had good luck with various cleaners ..
Brake Fluid [older DOT3] , Castrol Super Clean ;
Pinesol original, EasyOff oven cleaner [original]..
the oven cleaner and brake fluid were more agressive, shorter time to clean, pretty well all needed a bit of tooth brush work in the crevices ..
striped old ihc stuff with potassium hydroxide .
I have an IHC mogul that I want to detail and repaint. I have tried stripping it with isopropyl alcohol (70 and 99%) with no luck. Does anyone have experience with removing factory paint off this brand?