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I agree with Norton - try to remove it.  Picking an out of the way place, experiment with goo gone, lacquer thinner, acetone until you find something that works or you exhaust the options you are willing to try.  I've successfully done this on a couple of locos.  

 

If that does not work, I would carefully scuff sand only the white with #320 or 400 paper, then mask off everything on the loco (without disassembing anything) except the area you want to change and then use rattle cans.  The masking will take  much longer than the spraying.  The exact best match depends on the loco but I've used flat or satin black from Ace Hardware with good results when I have to repaint newer locos black.  Older/flatter ones, a good "barbeque" paint is really, really flat and boiler looking.

 

One detail in my repainting that I do that I think is important (but don't know because I have never not done it) - I remove the masking within ten minutes of spraying, while the paint is still wet.  Long ago I had cases where removing the masking would tear off chunks of the new paint, etc.  This is actually the step that has the most potential for screws ups (you get paint from basked areas on your fingers and then transfer it to non-painted areas of the loco as you hold it).  It's best to think about this and how you will do it carefully before setting up. 

Had mine painted out right after I got the engine.   Also had the engine weathered because it was going to be used in freight service much like the original.  My Lionel S-3 is cab #265, the engine that is now at the Illinois Railway Museum. 

 

My #261, the excursion engine, is a Weaver Model from some ten years or so ago, still runs well, is in the bright, almost shiny paint with the white accented running boards, and is generally found on the head end of a set of K-Line 21" Milwaukee Road cars, all modified to replicate that excursion train. 

 

Which engine do I like the best?  The answer is "Yes"!

 

Paul Fischer

Thanks Paul:
 
I too have the 265, since I saw it a million times while on display in Milwaukee as I grew up only a few miles from the engine. The 267 is also in my roundhouse, and will receive the same "white out".  
 
Jeff
 
Originally Posted by fisch330:

Had mine painted out right after I got the engine.   Also had the engine weathered because it was going to be used in freight service much like the original.  My Lionel S-3 is cab #265, the engine that is now at the Illinois Railway Museum. 

 

My #261, the excursion engine, is a Weaver Model from some ten years or so ago, still runs well, is in the bright, almost shiny paint with the white accented running boards, and is generally found on the head end of a set of K-Line 21" Milwaukee Road cars, all modified to replicate that excursion train. 

 

Which engine do I like the best?  The answer is "Yes"!

 

Paul Fischer

 

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