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Re: Scott Wardlaw's GM EMD SD80 in Norfolk Southern trim
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Date: 
Sat, 8 Sep 2007 14:32:57 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Scott Wardlaw wrote:
   In lugnet.trains, Cale Leiphart wrote:
  
That is one sweet loco Scott. So many nice details an very well proportioned. The decals look awesome. I’m curious how you made them as I’ve been searching for a good solution for my own decals. Great work.

   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/

Oh, Scott, I missed this thread because I was out of town, and I know that Benn already replied to this effect, but forgot the “finding the good pictures” and all of that monkey business!

Honestly, you need to get to railfonts and buy the herald fonts Benn has created. They are vector based and are totally awesome! I’ve used them countless times, and are completely editable (I use Illustrator)

Save yourself lots of time and headaches! BTW, great loco. I would really like to see you try your hand at 8 wide. I just can’t guarantee that you’ll ever want to go back to 6 widing again.... :-)

JOHN



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  Re: Scott Wardlaw's GM EMD SD80 in Norfolk Southern trim
 
John, thanks for the comments! I have been to railfonts.com and haven't always found what I was looking for. Also, I enjoy doing a lot of this stuff. If he had re-sizeable pictures of video game arcade machines (my most recent project), I would have (...) (17 years ago, 8-Sep-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)

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  Re: Scott Wardlaw's GM EMD SD80 in Norfolk Southern trim
 
(...) 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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