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Removal of lettering from Murphy 141

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Greetings

I recently got another Murphy 141.

I have two already, carrying different numbers, but the one I recently got is a duplicated B141.

I want to change it to B145 or B147. The numbers on the ends are so small that I'll deal with these by judicial weathering; in real life, numbers often became obscured. I remember seeing one locomotive at Claremorris with the number on one end being completely unreadable.

My question is this: regarding the numbers on the sides, what's the best way to remove the final "1", and with what transfers might a "5" (or whatever) be added instead?

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Hi jhb

As NIRCLASS80 says above use a stick, or preferably a bud and add a small bit of T-Cut to soften the numbers, it leaves the paint nicely polished for applying the new numbers.

Des in Studio Scale Models can supply decals for this, I'd recommend replacing all the numbers just to keep the font the same- nothing worse than having the new '5' not match the existing font!

Here's one that I did earlier! converted to 143 to pull the 'Transition DART' with des's decals;-

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Eoin

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Thanks, Eoin. I'll check what decals of Des' I already have, as I bought a load of them some time ago at the Stillorgan show, I think. The one I'm looking at is in the original BnT livery, so the numerals are (a) the large ones on the sides, and (b) not shaded. 

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