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Re: Boston and Maine / NELUG alternate LOGO possibility
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lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains.org
Date: 
Mon, 12 Nov 2001 14:08:16 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Eric Kingsley writes:
There was a some interest in having an alternate NELUG Logo that used the
"Fallen Flag" motif that John Neal has been promoting.

http://www.nelug.org/temp/nelug_bm_fig.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=8187
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=8176
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=8066
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=82794

etc. etc.

Wow, thanks to everybody who has been donating some time and effort to make
this happen!

John and Matt have been performing a wonderful service in helping us out with
this ... and both have mentioned their willingness to continue if they could be
somewhat assured that their time would not be in vain.  I personally am very
much enamored with these, and would love to include some of these images on my
BR18, anachronistic and geographically farcical as that may be.  That being
said, there are a couple of questions:

(1)  Do we like this idea enough, that others would incorporate a finalized
version on some of their creations?

(2)  Could we print some of these up in time for the train show at the end of
the month?

(3)  Could we print some of these up as *white* outlines on clear backgrounds?
Sadly, my predilection for steam locomotives leaves me with a poor canvas for
black line drawings to show up on ... do we have access to a high quality
printer that prints white?

(4)  Do we have (or can we get access to) blank decal paper quickly?

(5)  Lastly, can we get access to some of that static vinyl sheeting to print
these decals on?  You know, the stuff that looks like a clear sticker, but
adheres via static cling to smooth surfaces?  I would love to use this instead,
as it is not quite so permament, and shouldn't have much of a problem adhering
to some smooth sections on most trains.

(6) Ha, I lied, just one more: does anybody have any thoughts as to how small
we could get this logo before it became unintelligible?  Ideally, I'd like to
see it shrunk to a point where it would fit on a black 1x2x2 (which is to
say, two studs wide by two bricks high) panel piece.  Could the printer
referred to in (3) produce a resolution that would enable this sort of
miniaturization?

So, to summarize, my humble request is for the finalized minuteman B&M logo,
high-quality line drawn using white on clear, on static-cling decal paper, by
the end of the month and in sizes appropriate for use on our trains.  Is that
so much to ask?

Regards (and with smoke seeping out of his ears),
-s



Message has 4 Replies:
  Re: Boston and Maine / NELUG alternate LOGO possibility
 
(...) If you can get a completed logo to John Neal - or have him finalize one, I've got an Alps printer and would be happy to print up a few pages for you. (...) The Alps has a white ribbon, we used it to do a white 'backing' (on clear decal paper) (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains.org)
  Re: Boston and Maine / NELUG alternate LOGO possibility
 
(...) With regard to the shrinking question: I found 3 logos of the B & M-- one of which was an actual silohuette: (URL) even if the lines couldn't stand up to miniaturization, the silohuette version could be employed instead. Or use the larger (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains.org)
  Re: Boston and Maine / NELUG alternate LOGO possibility
 
(...) I would probably encorporate the logo into something, although probably not in time for our upcomming show. (...) Probably but it problably wouldn't be the best quality. (...) Well John has offered to help out. There are also some services (...) (23 years ago, 13-Nov-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains.org)
  Re: Boston and Maine / NELUG alternate LOGO possibility
 
(...) I certainly would enjoy that. Judging from the other responses, everyone likes the idea of the alternate logo, and there are no objections to be seen. (...) If rushing to get the logo means lower quality, I'd just as soon wait. There will be (...) (23 years ago, 13-Nov-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains.org)

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  Boston and Maine / NELUG alternate LOGO possibility
 
There was a some interest in having an alternate NELUG Logo that used the "Fallen Flag" motif that John Neal has been promoting. John came up with a neat Boston and Maine alternate for us... (URL) I thought it might be neat to have a minifig (...) (23 years ago, 11-Nov-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains.org)

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