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I've had a look through a dozen paint stripping threads on here, but I haven't found anything that answers this, so as a long time lurker, I emerge from the shadows to ask the following:

I've picked up a trio of titans (offer too good to refuse, though my wallet aches a little), but the paint job is... unimpressive.

I've got some Simple Green heading my way to do some stripping and the Reaver and Warhound can happily take a bath in that.

However, the Warlord is a little more awkward... The size is an issue, certainly, but worse is that it has been built in such a way that only the shoulder weapons and waist separate. This means that getting under the panels in the shoulders/arms/legs to repaint them would be practically impossible. Now, the structure below the panels is actually painted perfectly well (boltgun metal, which I can embellish a little), which leads me to this question:

How would you go about stripping the paint from the panels of a titan without bathing the entire titan?

Disassembly is an option, of course, but something I am trying to avoid. I don't know what is pinned, what is glued, etc, and that lack of knowledge could cause problems.

Thoughts?

Paint a layer of isoprophyl alchohol onto the panels and let it sit for a bit? I'd ask G.A. about it in the paint stripping thread in Tutorials.

I would strongly suggest against it, as the edges of paint around the stripped area are probably going to be weakened and vulnerable to more damage. You're better off assuming that all of the paint is trash up front and avoiding the chance of having your painting work be ruined later as everything starts to come apart.

Also, remember that getting resin apart is usually much easier than plastic, since the glue can be broken. Your best option is to dismantle the old assembly work and start over from the beginning.