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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.trains.org, John Neal writes:
> > Here are some pictures of the GMLTC/TCLTC new ambassador cars-- I think you'll
> > see why we didn't want you all sending us your containers!
>
> Ya, they'd show how out of proportion your cars are. :-)
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> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=185
> >
> > These are just some quick shots from the show; I'll post more detailed pics of
> > the actual cars themselves later (when I take them;-)
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> Do you have a prototype ref for those blue/red BN heralds? As I understood
> it, those are used by the trucking company (subsidiary? not sure) rather
> than the railroad, which tended to use white, cascade green or black.
A very good one, in fact:
http://www.trainweb.org/nwrp/bn/bn64166data.htm
Interestingly, at our show this weekend, we saw these very cars out of the
window all day!
>
> > This also was my first foray into the world of sticker production--
> > I can share my experience if anyone is interested.
>
> Please do! What did you find unusual or difficult about it?
Well, I'm still experimenting, but I have to say that, so far, it has been
pretty straight forward. The ones you see are plain ol' Avery clear labels
made for inkjet printers. For a white background application, they seem to
work out just fine. I used a fixant to cut down on smearing; I think it helped
a little bit. I also tried some clear decals by Hammermill (also for white
background applications). I found I got air bubbles with these when trying to
adhere to a larger area (they are static cling and no adhesive). But adherance
of the ink to the decal was excellent and no fixant was required.
For dark backgrounds, I will use white sticker paper and simply trim. This
works fine for shapes that are easy to trim only, though...
I was pretty impressed by the overall quality of stickers, although I still
need to experiment with white printing and all. Ross used Microscale decals
for his BN GP50, and while that probably still *looks* the best, it is rather
fragile and costly (One of the decals has already torn because of some
unauthorized handling by the GP-- the first club members to show up Sunday
morning found some kids already running our trains on the layout:-/)
More as I experiment more.
-John
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