Jawn Henry Decals

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Aaron,

On my Jawn, I used the Microscale set you mention below.  The lettering on this set is about 9” tall as best as I can measure with a scale rule.  On the other hand, Champ offered their Blue Ribbon series (BRH-46D) for N&W locos that has slightly taller lettering—about 11”.   I never liked Champ decals due to the excessive film thickness.  So, the Microscale set was what I used.  For custom decals, I’ve used Rail Graphics for the diesel locos on my previous Missouri Kansas & Quincy—and they were great, but I see that Rail Graphics has gone out of business.  

I do have an extra set of the Champ decals that I can mail to you (free)—contact me off-list if you would like to go that route.

Gary Hoover
Ghoover_1 at charter.net


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> On Jul 8, 2020, at 7:25 PM, NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> 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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