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When I started back into model railroading back in January I bought an assortment of cheap rolling stock off of eBay. A set of 4 Con-Cor N scale passenger units became my first painting/upgrading project and now that I have made a little progress I have a few questions. <br /> <br />1. Two of the cars have domes. the cars have been painted at least once before, when I received that they were silver, after disassembling them and washing them with dish soap and a soft toothbrush I found out they were originally dark green, Reading Railroad(?) or military olive drab. Some of this green shows up on what should be a clear part of one dome. Any suggestions on removing it without further damage to the clear? <br /> <br />2. I need to paint the ribs between the window sections on the domes and the center section on top of the domes. I can (I think I can, I think I can...) use a needle to apply the paint to the clear but is it possible to mask that off before attempting it? <br /> <br />2a. I eventually figured out the the center section on top of the dome needs to be painted by looking at photos of modern domed cars and by the fact that it is slightly frosted. I could not find any photos that clearly show the front and rear of the dome. They also are divided into 3 sections but am I safe in assuming that all three are clear? <br /> <br />3. The clear sections of the molds for all 4 roof sections are a little dingy, and have some fine scratches from being taken apart and put back together to often. Is there any way to make this less obvious? I seem to remember something from Fine Scale Modeler that was mentioned for airplane canopies but it has been at least twenty years since I read that magazine. <br /> <br />There are more questions but this is more than enough at once. When there is some progress to show I will try to post some pictures. Thanks. <br />
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