I see it's 3 months since I posted anything on my thread
. Reason could be that I'd nothing much to report! Apart from running the odd train, or bodging temporary repairs to the trestles, that about sums up my activities. Latest train to run was to test out my latest fleabay finger slip - a South Pacific Coast Baggage car;-
So that went OK but there was just one little niggle with the consist - two of the passenger cars had the same fleet number! So, I thought, I can change the number on one. To do this I could use the self-adhesive vinyl and stick the 'new' numbers over the offending ones.
Simples? I found a font that was the nearest to that printed on the coaches. I didn't want to scratch off the original numbers so I printed the new number on a coloured background...
I printed five of the numbers just in case I made a mess out of cutting them out - which I did. I tried my best to matck the coach colour but I knew I couldn't - hence the red border around the oval. The fine cutting blade, a bunch of fingers like a banana bunch, poor close-up eyesight were all contributory factors (or my excuses).
So that didn't work! Then I changed the shape to a rectangle and increased the border line weight. Cutting was easy and I went over the cut edges with a red marker pen (all this after I'd sealed the prints with the spluttery remnants of clear varnish rattle can). Then applied them on one side...
So, they stand out like a sore thumb! The font nearest to the original is slighty Italicised but, otherwise, it is similar. The background sticks out like a sore thumb
So it's back to the drawing board (come back MS Picture It 7).
No apologies for the poor pics - didn't know they were that bad until posting. At least they down to my usual (sub) standard!
,just a thought that if you made it a covered bridge on the curve you would need quite a clearance for cab roof and pilot on the BH locos to clear but I assume you would have thought of that already
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