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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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Sat, 8 Sep 2007 14:32:57 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. I’m curious how you made them as I’ve
been searching for a good solution for my own decals. Great work.
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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/
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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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| 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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| (...) 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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