You may have seen some of my progress on other threads but I thought I would update the original. With some help from the members of the greatest forum on the internet, I removed the Union Pacific lettering from my Mikado using denatured alcohol. Unfortunately this damaged the paint finish. With more help from forum members I repainted the tender and the area under the cab with PJ1 satin black which is a stunningly great match. I first just tried some touch ups with some clear coat but a repaint was necessary.
I placed a few orders with doityourselflettering.com for the EJ&E, and 755, and safety first keep off, that you see on the engine. They also reproduced the chicago outer belt line logo, which I made an even closer match by trimming some letters.
This picture is what the lettering company sent me when working on reproducing the logo. I chose the bottom option which was by far the closest match.
I painted over the number boards with a brush, then applied the 755 over the top. These boards are not lighted. The safety first keep off was seen on just about every EJ&E engine for decades. I still have some touch up to do on these.
The Ej&E under the cab is larger than I wanted it but for now I think it looks great. If I am ever unhappy with the lettering it comes off very easily. For now I think it's a great start and I can finally enjoy some EJ&E steam.
Next i I need to move the bell back, still looking for suggestions on what bell to order. I need to repaint the fireman and engineer, and am going to paint the interior cab walls and ceiling green, also there's room for adding some details to the cab interior.
more to come.
