Begin forwarded message:
From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Date: August 13, 2012 5:52:26 PM PDT
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: Erie RR Decals
hi guys:
my two bits, it's better to go with a "o" scale if available, as
the reduction in size will tighten up
the pixelization, and use a high end scanner min 1400 dpi max 1800
dpi, otherwise you wind
up having the faint ragged edge to the herald/lettering
mel perry
tion
On Aug 13, 2012, at 5:46 PM, Ed wrote:
Hi Don....
I noticed your handle contains "Salinas" which is not too far from
where I live. I live a tad north of San Jose in Los Altos. If you
have hankering to visit another S scale layout, maybe we can work
out a mutually acceptable date.
One decal option to consider is to find an O or HO decal and scan
it and adjust the size to S. Much easier than creating artwork
from scratch. As long as you don't sell the S-sized decal
commercially, there is no legal problem. Just an idea that might
be helpful.
Take care....Ed Loizeaux, 1-650-962-1577, http://sscale.org/
--- In [email protected], "salinas4446" <donlhand@...> wrote:
>
> Group - I have kit-bashed an A.M. 50 foot gondola, as described
in HO in an article in Model Railroader, June 1985, including
scratch-building the underframe. I wish I'd located decals before
I started this work!
>
> Prototype for the M.R. article was Erie 14221, "one of 500 70-
ton Erie mill gons built by the Greenville Steel Car Co. in 1928".
>
> Can you help me identify a source of Eric decals in S scale?
>
> Or, do you know another prototype that used 50 foot straight
side sill gondolas, for which decals are more readily available in
S scale?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Don Hand
>
