Westyman Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 Excuse this but I am a beginner. I have an oldish Hornby King Henry VIII with "Great Western" on the tender. I would like to replace this with a late BR crest. What is the best-practice to remove the OEM transfer? Or is it a transfer? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 From the sound of things you're going to remove something that stretches along most of the tender side to replace it with a logo in the centre which means that unless you are incredibly careful you may well end up repainting the whole tender side. There are various methods that are used to remove transfers etc. 1; apply some micro sol to the decal and leave for a few minutes and see if it softens the decal/transfer sufficiently for it to be removed, then gently remove with a cocktail stick. 2; gently rub some t-cut over the transfer with a cotton bud for a while, if this does remove the transfer it should leave a semi gloss finish ready for the application of a new transfer. 3; gently (very gently) scrape the transfer off with the blade of a modelling knife. HTH Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westyman Posted October 26, 2009 Author Share Posted October 26, 2009 Thank-you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Depot Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Think part of your problem will be that fact that it sounds like its been on a while and may be ingrained somewhat, Good luck in trying Pete's ideas... Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted October 26, 2009 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 26, 2009 For #3 try a cocktail stick first ... I'm in the middle of renumbering a Bachmann class 66 and the numbers come off with a bit of work using a cocktail stick, and its a lot lot harder to damage the underlying surface. You might need to gently use a knife to get an edge going. Failing that I use the T-Cut approach (#2), a teeny weeny amount at a time. hth, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon attwood Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 If it's the original livery then it may be printed rather than a transfer, in which case a repaint is probably the only option. Jon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micklner Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Metallic version of T Cut and a cocktail stik works a treat for me Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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