Has anyone ever attempted to remove the Mets logos from a subway car? Can it be done at all? I have one of these and I'd like to blend it in with my R-21 Redbirds. Of course I'd have to repaint the blue end with the correct match of maroon paint. Decals seem to be readily available for the project.

the logos will be easy,just get some graffiti remover,but the ends will be another story,i kept the ends with the yankee pinstrips,but i removed all the logos.

Thanks, CCrider, I'll give it a shot.

Anyone know of a good match for airbrushing the maroon paint?

why bother? in the last days of the redbirds, you saw the mets cars intermixed with regular redbirds on the 7 line.

No kidding! I thought the Mets cars were a fantasy sort of thing. I moved out of NY in '93 so I'm out of the loop. I just found some pics of the real thing, even the blue face. Thanks for the heads up. I don't see the roof logos, though. How many of these cars were there?

http://www.orenstransitpage.co...cpics/subseries2.htm

there was at least one 11 car train, complete with blue ends, and there may have been other cars decorated, not sure.

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De-Metsing a subway car

Is that anything like "de-lousing"?

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De-Metsing a subway car



Is that anything like "de-lousing"?

or de-gausing, de-magnetizing ?

How about un-metsing de-decal-ing,

or unpainting de-grafitti-ing ?

I hope Merriam-Webster is following this thread!

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Originally posted by Norb:
or de-grafitti-ing ?

no norb,its definatly not de-graffiti-ing.

All I know is, no one would EVER even THINK of de-Yank-ifying a YANKEES train...

I think I'm just going to do a partial De-Metsification by removing the roof logos, renumbering it, and treating it to an MTA decal. Thanks Pelham and CC.

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Posted November 04, 2009 11:27 PM Hide Post

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Originally posted by Norb:
or de-grafitti-ing ?



no norb,its definatly not de-graffiti-ing. Big Grin

The picture always reminds me of the early 1970's, sno.

I was taking a Japanese group on the subway from Union Square (14th Street) to the Energy Control Center near the Lincoln Center (66th Street) and we had to change trains at Times Square (42d Street) to transfer from the BMT to the IRT.

The entire inside and outside (including all the seats, doors and windows) were painted with graffiti, so we had to wait until the doors opened * so we could then look outside for a sign to see what station we stopped at. The Japanese visitors just smiled and said. "New York Subway VERY CLEAN"

www.njhirailers.com

* There were no public address station announcements in those days

CC

Finally a paint job I can enjoy !!!!