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Re: Boston & Maine GP40 (I have offically changed my mind on stickers).
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.general
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Wed, 4 Apr 2001 18:19:11 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Jeff Small writes:
> Followups here too because I thought the whole sticker discussion is surely
> a general thing, and I'm really curious to see what others think of stickers
Years ago, I used to always use the Lego stickers. But one day I realized
that I don't have to put on the stickers unless doing so actually added
something to the _piece_. I generally don't care if it adds something to
the _model_ because I never keep anything stock. Stickers almost invariably
make the piece less useful for MOCs. Even so, I have a number of pieces
with stickers. I typically do put on stickers if they are not
theme-specific and go on common pieces. A serial number on a 1x4 is very
useful for all kinds of things. Eyes on a dome windshield are not.
Until very recently, I didn't really want to use non-Lego stickers at all.
However, there is just something about trains that cries out for them. I
still would rather do something with bricks, and will only resort to
non-Lego stickers when the theme of the model demands it. On the locomotive
I did recently, I was careful to put the stickers on common pieces. And I
made some awkward structural decisions based on keeping the stickered
sections reuseable. The big club stickers on the sides are each placed on a
stack of 2 1x4 bricks. This section can easily be removed and used
elsewhere. This is because I have always hated STAMPS(1) when the stickered
section is complex-shaped.
(1)STAMPS: STickers Across Multiple PieceS
On the other hand, the sticker on the Starbucks store fits across an
extremely specialized section of brickery. I guess this didn't seem so bad
because it is a non-Lego sticker that I don't mind destroying when I remove
it from the parts. And it's not a sticker that I made, so I'm not so
attached to it. Besides, I don't see me taking that model apart any time
soon. At least with the 7-Eleven, I didn't really damage any pieces at all-
I found 5 white 1x6 bricks that were so faded as to be nigh useless anyway.
--
Tony Hafner
www.hafhead.com
www.pnltc.org
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| I like to use stickers for logo-ing, and only when it can't be done in elements. Like the Americanna store logos are done in brick because there is a large area. I never use stickers for striping (except maybe on train doors), or use stickers for (...) (23 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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