Stripping the paint off...

[Tom]

A warning on using Pine-Sol. Two, actually. First, wear gloves, Pine Sol dries out your hands BIG TIME, and cracked mine all open to the point of bleeding. Two, while Pine Sol works well as a paint stripper, do NOT let a model soak overnight without occasionally checking it first. I lost a Superdetailed Athearn locomotive that way. And that was for 4 hours. I soaked the shell in a glass Planters Peanut jar that I washed out first, filled with Pine Sol and let it soak for 4 hours. The shell started to shrivel, and the steps melted into goo. The whole shell was like rubber when done and looked like it had been set under a heat lamp.

Use Pine Sol, it works well, but check your model and check it often *just to be on the safe side*.