Jawn Henry Decals

[NW Modeling List]

I’d have to agree with Jim, I thought the lettering on the Jawn Henry was the standard 10 inch steam lettering. There was 10 inch, 8 inch and a rarely used 7 inch.

Now, I’ve never put a ruler on it, but I believe the Microscale lettering is a tad less than 10 inches, like closer to 9 inch.

Ken Miller

> On Jul 8, 2020, at 8:39 PM, NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> 
> I had never thought the lettering on Jawn Henry was any larger than that on the big tenders.The Microscale set has always looked right to me, so I am not sure what the problem is here.
> 
> Jim Nichols
> 
> On Wednesday, July 8, 2020, 07:25:21 PM CDT, NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> I've been working on fixing up an Alco Models Jawn Henry for a couple 
> months now. I'm done with updating the drive and installing DCC and 
> sound but I still need to paint and decal it. I'm having difficulty 
> finding any appropriate decals for the main NORFOLK AND WESTERN 
> lettering down the sides of the Jawn's hood. It is the same lettering 
> offered by Microscale in their Norfolk & Western Steam Locomotives set 
> (87-106) but larger. Does anyone know if appropriate decals were ever 
> manufactured by anyone? I've seen several examples of the Alco Models 
> Jawn Henry with correct decalling but I don't know if there was ever a 
> run of those decals done or if those models used custom decals. I've 
> never ordered custom decals before, I assume I would need to know the 
> correct font and color as well as the letter spacing. Would it be enough 
> to provide an example of the decals I wanted to duplicate along with 
> dimensions for how much they needed to be scaled up? Can anyone offer 
> any good resources for this?
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Aaron Falis
> 
> 
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