How to renumber dapol and Farish's loco?

[Le Night ferry]

I have fox transfer's decals. How to remove its original loco numbers?

[Steven B]

I've had success rubbing them off with a cocktail stick. The end of a bamboo skewer should also work.

You could also try an ink rubber.

Work slowly and keep checking that you're not rubbing through to the main body colour below. If the number's being stubborn then a mild solvent will help but use as little as possible, don't get it anywhere else on the model and give it a good wash afterwards

[Cols]

I fully agree with Steven B's use of a cocktail stick, as suggested. However, I cannot put enough stress on the need to work slowly and gently, as you don't want to accidentally remove the underlying paintwork of the model. Even working in this manner, it only took me a couple of minutes to remove a pair of BR late crests from the side tanks of a black Sonic 56xx 0-6-2 - I needed no solvent at all. I then applied a pair of BR early crest water-slide decals to the loco, and then, using weathering powders, made the loco really filthy - just as I remember them. A really clean 56xx was something of an event!

By the way, I find that if I take black and white photos of the model, on my phone, at different stages of the weathering process, and compare them with a b/w photo of the real thing, I can usually get the effects that I want more easily and quickly than by using colour photos for reference... well, it works for me!

[bigdawgks]

Microscale Micro Sol plus scotch tape works well, no risk of damaging the paint. I used it successfully on a GF Mk1, and it was as easy as this video shows it to be:
https://youtu.be/YjXzspgRkz0?si=vw2P6Qah5fKe5VQR

[Foxhound]

Microscale Micro Sol plus scotch tape works well, no risk of damaging the paint. I used it successfully on a GF Mk1, and it was as easy as this video shows it to be:
https://youtu.be/YjXzspgRkz0?si=vw2P6Qah5fKe5VQR

Very useful video, I wonder what the UK equivalent to Micro Sol is?

[Newportnobby]

Not sure why you'd want a UK equivalent as it's quite freely available in the UK. If you have a local show where Squires Tools are in attendance they usually carry it so you could avoid postage costs that way

[bigdawgks]

Yea MicroSol seems pretty widely available, but if you are looking for alternatives this site talks about some other solvents:
https://uamf.org.uk/faq/solutions.html

I wouldn't try anything too strong though, as some of the stronger stuff may affect the paint.

[Foxhound]

Not sure why you'd want a UK equivalent as it's quite freely available in the UK. If you have a local show where Squires Tools are in attendance they usually carry it so you could avoid postage costs that way

Thanks so much!

[crewearpley40]

Not sure why you'd want a UK equivalent as it's quite freely available in the UK. If you have a local show where Squires Tools are in attendance they usually carry it so you could avoid postage costs that way

Thanks so much!

rob @Foxhound
http://www.squirestools.com/exhibitions-and-events.htm

[Foxhound]

Not sure why you'd want a UK equivalent as it's quite freely available in the UK. If you have a local show where Squires Tools are in attendance they usually carry it so you could avoid postage costs that way

Thanks so much!

rob @Foxhound
http://www.squirestools.com/exhibitions-and-events.htm

Cheers Chris