Loco name and number plates, please.

tac foley

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Well, having been let down by one nameless company who, when I called admitted that they'd lost my order place earlier this year, I'm now left looking for another supplier for names and number plates for my next loco, the Accucraft Aussie diesel.

As it bears a vague resemblement to the 400 bhp Kambarka-built bo-bo on the Brecon Mountain Railway down there in De Cymru, that's what it's going to be. All I need are the Cyrillic lettered number plates for the cab, and the nameplates for the hood.

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It is going to be named 'MIKI ENDO', after the heroine local radio broadcaster who stuck to her emergency mike during the Japan tsunami, warning people to flee the disaster until her studio was swept away, with her in it. Forty people were on the roof during the tsunami - eleven survived. 'Greater love...' and all that.

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Recommendations, anybody?
 
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Tac

For all on my locos, I have used Light Railway Stores. They have a wide variety of styles and fonts, or I believe that could custom make to your artwork. They are not particularly quick, as they manufacture in batches, but the quality is excellent and they have the merit of being very competitively priced. I have no hesitation on recommending them.
Custom Nameplate Studio – Light Railway Stores

David
 
tac foley said:
Well, having been let down by one nameless company who, when I called admitted that they'd lost my order place earlier this year, I'm now left looking for another supplier for names and number plates for my next loco, the Accucraft Aussie diesel.

As it bears a vague resemblement to the 400 bhp Kambarka-built bo-bo on the Brecon Mountain Railway down there in De Cymru, that's what it's going to be. All I need are the Cyrillic lettered number plates for the cab, and the nameplates for the hood.

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It is going to be named 'MIKI ENDO' the heroine local radio broadcaster who stuck to her emergency mike during the Japan tsunami, warning people to flee the disaster until her studio was swept away, with her in it. Forty people were on the roof during the tsunami - eleven survived. 'Greater love...' and all that.

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Recommendations, anybody?
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I use Peter Wood (of Doncaster) for my plates all of which are bespoke. He’s recently made the set of name number and works plates for my Mersey Railway 0-6-4T built around a Bachmann Devious Diesel chassis.C92F0E5E-5C0D-4261-B223-E9664F44159C.jpegD88A7DC4-213A-4DFF-A172-FF76F792785F.jpeg
 
If you just want some small vinyl decals in outdoor grade solvent let me know (PM), similar to what I have done with my coachs here.
 
DickyC said:
If you just want some small vinyl decals in outdoor grade solvent let me know (PM), similar to what I have done with my coachs here.
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I'm really impressed with the job you've accomplished on the cars! Especially the shade of blue. I'm very partial to blue things - i have around ten blue-dial watches! Can you replicate the cab letters and numbers? Remember that the letter that looks like a Y is a Cyrillic 'oo'. 9mm high - white. I'll pay. :)
 
I have very much a Blue and cream direction in my collection !, МИКИ ЕНДО , most fonts will have an option to be created in Cyrillic, you just need to bring this up as a virtual keyboard on a PC. will send you a pm.
 
DickyC said:
I have very much a Blue and cream direction in my collection !, МИКИ ЕНДО , most fonts will have an option to be created in Cyrillic, you just need to bring this up as a virtual keyboard on a PC. will send you a pm.
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Хороший. Спасибо. However, Miko Endo is NOT in Russian, thanks. That is her Japanese name in English. Just the loco designation is in Cyrillic. I'll be making the 'backing' from Plasticard and L-angle Evergreen sections.
 
David Price said:
Even though I'm " downunder" at the other end of the world your images appear to be upside down - or is it just where I am logging in from? :)
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Well, they did export 4 of the ex Mersey railway locos to New South Wales including number 7!!
There's an ongoing problem with orientation of photos at the moment, not sure why or if it has something to do with photos taken with mobile phones?
 
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David1226 said:
Tac

For all on my locos, I have used Light Railway Stores. They have a wide variety of styles and fonts, or I believe that could custom make to your artwork. They are not particularly quick, as they manufacture in batches, but the quality is excellent and they have the merit of being very competitively priced. I have no hesitation on recommending them.
Custom Nameplate Studio – Light Railway Stores

David
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Me too. My nameplates need two sizes of font and some underlining, which proved no problem to them, so I would imagine cyrillic would be a doddle for them.
 
Fezwig said:
Well, they did export 4 of the ex Mersey railway locos to New South Wales including number 7!!
There's an ongoing problem with orientation of photos at the moment, not sure why or if it has something to do with photos taken with mobile phones?
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Yes has been pondering me for a while but I think I have it nailed, well at least for new pictures. For phone take pictures with the home button at the bottom when holding the phone. On the iPad to the right. Any other angle of those devices results in a pic wrong on the forum, wish I knew why?P1080815.jpeg
EDIT I LIE re the phone, took a couple of pics yesterday with the phone as stated and they are wrong…….more thoughts. The above was taken with my Camera so perhaps that is why it is correct. iPad is as I ststed!
 
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Fezwig said:
Well, they did export 4 of the ex Mersey railway locos to New South Wales including number 7!!
There's an ongoing problem with orientation of photos at the moment, not sure why or if it has something to do with photos taken with mobile phones?
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Hi Pete,

site doesn't seem to have any problems with photos I take with a Samsung phone.

As to the Mersey tanks John Brown bought 4 of them for his colliery lines - I'm old enough to have seen No. 5 "The Major" as a buffer stop at Hexham in 1972 on one of our forays from Victoria to the coalfields in NSW.

It now resides at the Rail Transport Museum - more details here: Preserved Steam Locomotives Down Under - J&A Brown No.5

It was stored along with a number of others including RODs etc. - the run to Stockrington colliery from Hexham was still being serviced by operative ROD and Kitson tank locomotives before the 10 Class from South Maitland Railways were brought across to take over most of the traffic.
 
David Price said:
Even though I'm " downunder" at the other end of the world your images appear to be upside down - or is it just where I am logging in from? :)
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Yes as said else where the photos are from a mobile phone and for some strange reason they are inverted!! Never had an issue prior to this posting.
By the way the inspiration for the model was after seeing the rather decayed number 5 that’s preserved in Australia.
I’d like to think it might one day be restored at least as a static exhibit as part of the museum collection where it’s hidden away currently.
I’m fully aware of the magnitude and cost of such exercises being involved in loco restoration in the UK.
 
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