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Re: Scott Wardlaw's GM EMD SD80 in Norfolk Southern trim
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 23 Aug 2007 06:36:01 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Scott Wardlaw wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Cale Leiphart wrote:
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That is one sweet loco Scott. So many nice details an very well
proportioned. The decals look awesome. Im curious how you made them as Ive
been searching for a good solution for my own decals. Great work.
Cale
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Cale,
Thanks for the compliments! My process for making the stickers begins with
finding a good picture of the real sticker on the real train. Here is a
great source: http://www.railpictures.net/
After finding one that is a direct shot of the real sticker, I then spend a
lot of time in a Photoshop-like program to cut away the background, so that
only the sticker is left.
I usually will need to do a lot of touch-up work in Photoshop or the like to
get the coloring right, etc. Sometimes, I have to completely redraw the
sticker; using the original as a template, or color between the outside
lines.
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www.railfonts.com should be helpful for the artwork for many railroads (but not
NS).
Benn
PS, echoing the others, nice locomotive.
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| | Re: Scott Wardlaw's GM EMD SD80 in Norfolk Southern trim
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| (...) Cale, Thanks for the compliments! My process for making the stickers begins with finding a good picture of the real sticker on the real train. Here is a great source: (URL) finding one that is a direct shot of the real sticker, I then spend a (...) (17 years ago, 22-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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