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BLI Mikado lattering help
BLI Mikado lattering help
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Anonymous
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April 2003
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BLI Mikado lattering help
Posted by
Anonymous
on Wednesday, August 3, 2005 8:26 PM
My boss has just given me a BLI Mikado, not to keep but to re-letter. (Beautiful engine BTW)
It is currently lettered for Pennsylvania and I need to fingure out how to remove the lettering off the tender . Anyone out there do this before? I'm thinking of trying letterset or solvaset.[?]
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tommyr
Member since
May 2002
From: Oliver B.C. Wine Capitol of Canada
415 posts
Posted by
tommyr
on Wednesday, August 3, 2005 10:04 PM
Ihave a BLI Mikado decorated for C&O I wanted CPR. I tried the Pine Sol As suggested on this forum- all it did was make it smell funny. I air brushed the tender with Poly Scale Steam Power Black. IT's a perfect match for the paint BLI uses. I just removed the tender shell it pulls right off.
Tom
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Anonymous
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April 2003
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Posted by
Anonymous
on Wednesday, August 3, 2005 10:51 PM
Tom,
Thanks for the advice. I already figured out the lettering removal. I wetting the lettering with microset and rubbed the lettering off with a pencil eraser. worked like a charm! Im re-lettering the engine for CPR as well, using CDS decals. My only problem now is, how do I***ch this engine with one of my old Mantuas and convince my boss that the mantua is his engine?
BTW, you must be pretty close, I live in the OK valley as well.
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tommyr
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May 2002
From: Oliver B.C. Wine Capitol of Canada
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Posted by
tommyr
on Wednesday, August 3, 2005 11:14 PM
Hi Glen
I live in Oliver,not far from you. Just paint it with the paint I told you about- he probably won't notice[:D][:D]
Tom
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