Name plates

[Warwickshiresteam]

Can anyone recommend a nameplate manufacturer, preferably in brass but others considered and, secondly suggest a way of attaching said plates; I assume superglue works but are their other methods? Many thanks.

[philipy]

In the past I've had some very nice custom plates from Narrow Planet. However, they seem to have gone through various reorganisations and renamings and I have seen some frustrated postings about this. That said, they now seem to be trading as "LRS" but I think it is the same people.
https://www.lightrailwaystores.co.uk/co ... d-products

Superglue or silicone bath sealer are both OK in my experience.

[SimonWood]

In the past I've had some very nice custom plates from Narrow Planet. However, they seem to have gone through various reorganisations and renamings and I have seen some frustrated postings about this. That said, they now seem to be trading as "LRS" but I think it is the same people.
https://www.lightrailwaystores.co.uk/co ... d-products

Interesting. I'd used them in the past and plan to use them again, but it was a while ago and I didn't know anything about this name change.

Superglue or silicone bath sealer are both OK in my experience.

I use silicone and would recommend. No problems holding the plates firmly in place for years, but no problem either with peeling them off and leaving the paint beneath intact.

[Phil.P]

I was going to recommend silicone, rather than superglue..

Phil.P

[Preseli Chris]

I used a silicon compound called servisol as recommended by Philip P to attach brass name plates to my live steam locos with great success. It does take a couple of days to cure , but the advantage of it over superglue is that it won't damage the paintwork.

Chris