N&W steam era decals

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And, by the way, the artwork on the MRS hopper car decals was not the best. 
(Sorry, Tom; we were friends, but the artwork wasn't just right!) The old Champs 
(now discontinued) did not get the height of the "N&W" right (it was about 
halfway between 17" and 24"), but the shape and thickness of the letters and the 
ampersand were pretty good. Now and then you can find somebody offering the 
Champs on ebay, but you will never get to buy them from Champ again. If we can't 
interest Shellscale in filling the void, maybe the society could spring for a 
custom run from Rail Graphics or somebody who does custom decals. But get the 
artwork right! That shouldn't be so hard to do from photos with today's computer 
technology. And do both the 17" and the 24".

Jim Nichols




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Sent: Wed, May 1, 2013 2:56:29 PM
Subject: Re: N&W steam era decals


Lois,
 
IIRC, Model Railroad Services was a line of decals owned by the late Tom 
English, who also owned Chesterfield Hobbies near Richmond, VA.  

 
Perhaps this is a project for the N&WHS modeling committee to explore; offering 
correct N&W decals would not only benefit our membership, but would also draw 
non-N&W modelers to our website to purchase decals....and probably books, etc.
 
The MRS decals were great, but are a result of technology and production methods 
that are probably over 20 years old or older.
 

Jim Brewer

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Sent: Wednesday, May 1, 2013 12:35:09 PM
Subject: N&W steam era decals


Friends:
At present the Model Railroad Services decals for N&W steam era freight cars is 
still listed in the Commissary as "temporarily out of stock" though I have heard 
that they will be discontinued. If so, I will be left without a important source 
for detailing my freight car fleet, as I model the late steam era (mid-1950's) 
on the N&W. I have had at present to suspend work on two 55-ton hoppers (no end 
decals) and a H2a hopper (no decals at all). If these decals are to be 
discontinued, do any of you know a source for finding decals for N&W freight 
cars in this period? Any assistance would be much appreciated.
Lois J. Ponton
Modeling the N&W glory years
ljpli at hotmail.com
 

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