Ed: SHABBONA RR road switcher locomotives are black, so I simply painted the number boards black and numbered them with white number decals. The AM F-units are a different story, since they have clear plastic number board inserts. My plan for them is to simply use white number decals and let the light from inside the locomotive highlight them. Unfortunately, this latest is still way down on the list.
If you want lighted number boards, try printing the numbers on white decal paper with a black background, or print them in "white" on a black background on clear decal paper. Since most inkjet printers do not print white, the numbers will show up clear. In either case cut them out and apply them to a piece of clear styrene, then cut the styrene to fit the number board openings. I haven't tried this either way, so can't vouch for its success. Bob Nicholson __________________________________________ --- In [email protected], Bert Cutler <bertcutler@...> wrote: > > > Ed, Is your number boards fully cast or open?? If they are flat you paint > them your background color usually with a brush. then decal them. If they are > open cut clear styrene put your decals on the plastic in as an insert. > Sometimes there is enough room to put an led in the numberboard makes it > really nice if you can light it up. thanks bert > > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > From: edandhdavis@... > Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 13:42:34 -0700 > Subject: {S-Scale List} Number boards and ditch lights > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > I have a couple of questions about the above topics. For those of you who > model freelance roads or paint your locos, how do you put numbers on your > number boards? The area seems too small to use decals and even so you'd have > to fix four separate numbers. The area also seems to be too small to paint > unless it's done by the manufacture. Ideas? The other question has to do with > ditch lights for diesels. If anyone is using ditch lights on their diesels, > I'd like to know how you attached them and what you used to house the lights. > Thanks. > > > > Ed Davis > > Stockton, Ca > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
