Help: I want to renumber and re-letter a Lionel Legacy Atlantic

Take a look at this article. It's tinplate but the concept is exactly the same.

http://tinplatetimes.com/Moder...Tinplate/extreme.htm

Scott Smith

Since you are putting decals on a black engine, you must get white decal paper and reverse the print.

Scott Smith

You can remove the old lettering with a Q tip dipped in lacquer thinner. Lionel black paint is very tough.

check the auction site that shall not be named and you will find PRR steam decals. Run, don't walk.

Pete

The Lionel Atlantic is based on the PRR prototype, so it is an easy redo.  I'd probably take the cab and tender off the chassis, paint them in a glossy black paint (decals adhere better to glossy paint), and use commercially available lettering.  Microscale used to make an O version for PRR passenger locomotives which were painted with gold leaf lettering until 1952.  I swear by Solvaset to set my decals and get them to snugly fit over details.  Once everything has cured I spray a dull coat over everything and reassemble.

Just a suggestion.  I have the PRSL version of this loco that I'd like to paint to PRR as well.  However, I'm getting out of PRR 3 rail as most of my PRR is 2 rail now, so I might just sell it.  Who knows?  It's a good loco.

Thank you all for the information! 

Bravo PENNSY484 for correcting yet another Lionel abomination.

I hadn't considered the number boards.  Does someone sell replacement number films?  Or else, how do you go about changing that.

Also, I will need to figure out an appropriate road number.  I like that kind of research, but any help on that would be great too!

Finally, the B&O plate on the nose will need to be switched to a keystone.  Suggestions for a vendor for such a thing?

As I was expecting, even though its a PRR design, it might be best to sell it and just get a PRR version (or not, since I have an MTH).  :-)

Lionel still has the entire smokebox front for the 6-28704.  Maybe buy it and renumber it??

You can remove the factory lettering using MicroSol. Let the solution soak in for 5 minutes and reapply. After another 5 minutes firmly apply tape over the lettering and remove it. It will take a few tries but it will all come off without damaging the paint. The engine will need a gloss coat before applying new decals. Use Microset and followed by microsol to apply the decals. After they are set go over with a semi gloss.

Here’s a before and after. I will only use Tamiya tape.