Lettering for railways

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Lettering for railways

Post by Sir Clothem Cap » Sat Jan 07, 2023 8:52 pm

I have put my own lettering on my railway stock.

One easy way is to find a local vinyl cutter and ask for a lot of your letters. think of a standard height for your lettering. I use 1cm white lettering. the font can be anything you choose but avoid very thin fonts as they are hard to apply. Vinyl can take the heat on a tank engine but of course do not apply directly on a boiler. I got a few hundred sets on my lettering for ยฃ10 so really cheap way to do lettering.

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Post by ge_rik » Sun Jan 08, 2023 6:26 pm

Handy tip, Bryan, thanks

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Post by Sir Clothem Cap » Mon Jan 09, 2023 6:33 am

Yes the lettering works well.

Yes logging in is resolved

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Post by ge_rik » Mon Jan 09, 2023 7:14 am

Sir Clothem Cap wrote: โ†‘Mon Jan 09, 2023 6:33 am Yes the lettering works well.

Yes logging in is resolved
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Re: Lettering for railways

Post by FWLR » Tue Jan 10, 2023 7:13 am

Good tip that. Thanks, although we don't have anyone near me that does that :dontknow:

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Post by Phil.P » Tue Jan 10, 2023 10:41 am

A few leads for you to follow-up..

https://www.google.com/search?q=cut+vin ... e&ie=UTF-8

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Re: Lettering for railways

Post by Red Star » Wed Jan 11, 2023 5:56 pm

I've found it a very cost effective way of lettering an engine Bryan, and as you've said, it's ok on steam locos as long as it's not directly on the boiler. And not just lettering, I also cut out some sets of BR double arrows! Was intended as a temporary measure until I could afford to get a proper paint job done on the loco, but it's lasted quite well.

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