@Billbarman posted:For anyone interested, I actually (mostly) completed this project earlier today. I tried using microsol to get the lettering off, but it had basically no effect on whatever bulletproof finish MTH uses. I ended up wet sanding the lettering off the yellow cab successfully without really damaging the paint underneath. I applied correct decals to the same spot.
The yellow letters on the hood were another story. I couldn't sand them off without damaging the paint, so I decided to sand them off the best I could regardless of damaging the blue paint. I mixed a near perfect blue over the course of a week, fiddling around with it multiple times before deciding it was good enough. I weathered over the whole model to help blend it together and I think it came out pretty good.
Aside from some minor tweaking to the weathering I plan to do, it's finished.
Outstanding! Thanks for the heads up on the ineffectiveness of the microsol technique. I’ll need to research wet sanding before trying the same. Hopefully my results come out close to yours.
