Repaint a Lionel Century Club PT Tender

Better off staying away from repainting and just removing the numbers and re-numbering with dry transfers.

You can use Polly S paint and decal remover with a Q-tip to remove.

What is Polly S...and where do you get it?

Thank you for that advice!

You should be able to remove the numbers with lacquer thinner. All of the modern Lionel steam I have done, the lacquer thinner removed only the lettering and had no effect on the black paint. Apply with a Q tip. 

If you are unsure try it on the inside of the tender first. 

Pete

I just did the same thing to a Lionel PT for Lionel J1e 5344. Looks like factory.

I removed the numbers with acetone and used some numbers from a Microscale NYC set. A lot of NYC lettering was little changed from the late steam to diesel era, so a "steam" set is not always needed. These can be found on eBay and maybe still at Microscale itself. I find them easier than dry transfers to get level if you have to piece the number together.

In fact, I find individual dry transfer numbers impossible to get level - it will stand out like a sore thumb - unless you transfer them first to plain decal paper using a base line, then cutting the "5444" or whatever out and treating it like a single decal. Even if you goof making this, you can still cut the numbers apart and treat them like any other decals.

Don't forget the setting solution and the Dullcote.

What does the "PT" stand for?

C W Burfle posted:

What does the "PT" stand for?

Internal NYC records show that "PT" stood for "Passenger Tender". None of the NYC freight locomotives were ever up-graded to a "PT" type.