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Title: RS-3 for repainting
Post by: Barry Karlberg on March 17, 2015, 10:18:39 PM

I would like to buy an RS-3 body shell and re-paint it for a favorite road.

Do the handrails and window/glass inserts pop out easily to strip and repaint the engine or is a chore to remove them because of heavy gluing at the factory?

Thanks,

Barry

Title: Re: RS-3 for repainting
Post by: dasBM2-6-0 on March 18, 2015, 04:49:33 AM

Don't know about the handrails.....but the windows of my RS-3 are almost TOO easy to take out!!
My fumbling fingers found this out less than 15 minutes after un-boxing it new....Seriously, I just TOUCHED the "glass" and it popped out!
Easy enough to replace (with glue this time....!!;))....as for the handrails....some manufacturers use adhesive -- others just "friction-fit" these parts....
Good luck!

May your freight ALWAYS roll smoothly...and ON TIME!!

Title: Re: RS-3 for repainting
Post by: bapguy on March 18, 2015, 09:21:30 AM

What type of paint stripper are you using? Put the shell in a freezer bag and then into the freezer for 24 hours. This some times weakens the glue. The side hand rails usually come off easier then the end rails. Joe

Title: Re: RS-3 for repainting
Post by: Barry Karlberg on March 19, 2015, 11:40:34 PM

Thanks, much for the information. It's most appreciated.

Barry

Title: Re: RS-3 for repainting
Post by: bapguy on March 20, 2015, 10:39:30 AM

I now use paint remover form Scale Coat. Some use Isopropyl Alcohol as well. Joe

Title: Re: RS-3 for repainting
Post by: rogertra on March 21, 2015, 02:43:58 AM

I use 99% Isopropanol (Isopropyl Alcohol).

Easily available in drug stores.

Strips paint over night without harming plastics.

Cheers

Roger T.

Title: Re: RS-3 for repainting
Post by: jbrock27 on March 21, 2015, 06:20:44 PM

I use 91% with success.
Have never seen 99% here in drug stores on my part of the states.
Would grain alcohol work?

Title: Re: RS-3 for repainting
Post by: jbrock27 on March 21, 2015, 06:35:01 PM

Anyone ever use Super Clean?

Title: Re: RS-3 for repainting
Post by: rogertra on March 21, 2015, 07:53:56 PM

Quote from: jbrock27 on March 21, 2015, 06:20:44 PM
I use 91% with success.
Have never seen 99% here in drug stores on my part of the states.
Would grain alcohol work?

I would stick with the 91% Isopropanol if I were you.

Cheers

Roger T.

Title: Re: RS-3 for repainting
Post by: jbrock27 on March 21, 2015, 07:57:29 PM

How come?

Title: Re: RS-3 for repainting
Post by: WoundedBear on March 21, 2015, 09:46:02 PM

Super Clean works quite well. A lot of automotive modellers use it......call it "swimming in the purple lake" ;D

Sid

Title: Re: RS-3 for repainting
Post by: jbrock27 on March 21, 2015, 11:34:50 PM

Thank you Sid.
The Super Clean I can get access to; the 99% I can't seem to.
Any thought on the grain alcohol? :D

Title: Re: RS-3 for repainting
Post by: rogertra on March 22, 2015, 02:17:35 AM

Quote from: jbrock27 on March 21, 2015, 07:57:29 PM
How come?

Never mind, Sid said Super Clean is safe and if Sid says it's safe, then it is. :)

Cheers

Roger T.

Title: Re: RS-3 for repainting
Post by: jbrock27 on March 22, 2015, 07:32:22 AM

Agree!

Title: Re: RS-3 for repainting
Post by: GN.2-6-8-0 on March 22, 2015, 11:44:16 AM

99%! Holy moonshine Batman lol

Title: Re: RS-3 for repainting
Post by: jbrock27 on March 22, 2015, 11:46:30 AM

LOL Great Northern!

Moonshine is certainly what the grain is like... :o

Title: Re: RS-3 for repainting
Post by: Barry Karlberg on March 22, 2015, 10:05:13 PM

Another RS-3 question I have is how do you remove the body shell?

Thanks,

Barry

Title: Re: RS-3 for repainting
Post by: bapguy on March 23, 2015, 09:19:27 AM

Turn the loco upside down, remover the screws holding the couplers in place, remove the screw holding the fuel tank, remove 2 screws visible, lift off shell. Joe

Title: Re: RS-3 for repainting
Post by: Barry Karlberg on March 24, 2015, 07:33:56 PM

Thanks, Joe for the great and simple explanation.

Barry

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