Guys-
I have a set of HO O&W F-3A decals I want to have made/reproduced in O scale. Rail Graphics site says they want artwork that is twice the finished size, so they’re out. Any notions of who could do this? I had Jerry Glow do some a couple of years ago but they were from his normal offerings (not a scale-up) and I’ve heard he’s not so active in decal making any more.
Thx-
Mike Sayre
The reason for using oversize artwork is to ensure that the finished lettering is crisp and well-defined once it’s been shrunk to the correct size. Enlarging existing lettering will have the opposite effect, and will likely result in ragged edges. Also, most places offering custom-made lettering usually have a minimum order - I believe it’s 25 sets for Rail Graphics.
Rail Graphics does nice work, though, and you may be able to sell the extra sets which you don’t need. They’ll do the artwork (for a fee, of course) and may be able to use your HO lettering as an example to copy.
My brother did the artwork (computer generated) for Rail Graphics to produce the decals for this LS&W boxcar, a modified Train Miniature car:
Wayne
Check out the following URL:
http://www.oldandwearycarshop.com/avpaint.html
Scroll to the bottom - They are planning to do O scale decals for the engines - Drop them a line and see what the schedule is…
Jim
Jim-
Thanks. I saw that link earlier (from another site) and it didn’t work. Tried yours and it was fine, I put in my request for the set I need. No idea when it will be available yet.
Mike