Evening all from a fellow enthusiast over the pond. I appear to have accidentally acquired two duplicate Kato locos, an SD70 UP 4841 and a AC4400CW BNSF 5642. Not to worry I thought, simple task to renumber them ... but over here in England it is simple, basically just remove the existing Tampo prints carefully with some IPA then apply new transfers for the bodyside numbers. But the US models have the extra challenge of the light boxes with the lit number panels. Can anyone therefore advise me of the best way to renumber models ... and is there a supplier (its ok if its in the US) who does bodyside number transfers, and the high box numbers for each end? Or how do other people do it? Failing that does anyone know which font UP and BNSF use for their numbers? Richie England
For the body numbers, Microscale's UP/BNSF specific loco decal sets will include an assortment of digits to assemble a custom road number in the correct fonts and colors. For lighted number boards, Microscale makes a set (item no. 60-205) of clear numbers on a black background. I find the easiest way to decal the number boards is to remove the loco's shell, separate the clear piece that they're printed on (it's usually not glued in,) and work on it separately from the rest of the shell.
