Stripping ScaleTrains Paint?

[ednadolski]

Anyone have any experiences/advice on stripping paint from ScaleTrains shells?    I've been doing the 99% alcohol soaks, which works to a point but takes a lot of work with the Dremel nylon brush because the factory paint is so thick.  It also leaves a lot of residue in the all the grooves, grilles, etc.

ScaleTrains uses a lot more glue on their shells than say Kato, but it is possible to disassemble them, if you are willing to do some careful/strategic trimming.

TIA,
Ed

[peteski]

Kato uses *NO* glue on their models (another bonus point for them).  It is all perfectly engineered to snap together. 

I have not tried stripping that particular, paint but it is supposedly Tru-Color paint, right?

My go-to paint strippers for plastic are: Scalecoat Wash Away Paiint Remover, Floquil (now Testors) ELO (or Easy Lift Off) paint remover, Castrol Super Clean or CSC (in modeling circles it is called "Purple Pond"), EasyOff Oven Cleaner (the original formula), and 99% IPA.  CSC and Oven cleaner contain Lye - make sure to protect your hands with rubber gloves and don't get them on any aluminum items.