[RITSlist] G Decals

[Tom Stoffer]

Yes they are vinyl letter sets, however they are not like the peel and
stick alphabet sets you buy in the store, these are thinner. These
vinyl letters were featured recently in the October 2006 issue of
Garden Railways magazine. The author of the article, Kevin Strong, is
a neighbor of mine and is rather particular regarding the look of his
rolling stock and he seemed to like these vinyl decals. To answer your
question regarding durability, Mr. Strong points out in his article
that they are very durable and easy to apply. He further states, many
modern railroads use vinyl lettering for their equipment. (maybe it's
more prototypical than we thought!) Vinyl stands up to weather and
won't fade, and is comparatively inexpensive, according to Mr. Strong.

I have not tried vinyl or any decals yet as I am relatively new to the
hobby and am concentrating on building my layout and will get to my
rolling stock later. Another thing you might want to do is check out
the G-Scale Graphics website on the link I provided and look at the
photo gallery as well as the entire site.

Here it is again:    http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/DelTapparo/index.htm

Once you see the website, I think you'll agree that these are not like
the vinyl lettering you could buy in a stationery store. I have
written Rail Graphics to see if they could/would make G-Scale, but am
still awaiting an answer.

There seems to be a misconception that garden railroaders do not care
about being "prototypical", therefore there are no decal makers and
other customization type manufacturers to support the garden
railroader. Hey! Maybe I have found a niche market! Does anyone have a
copy of "Starting Your Own Decal Business 101"?

Tom Stoffer



On 3/6/07, Jerry Glow <jerryglow at comcast.net> wrote:
> Unless I missed something, These are vinyl lettering sets. It it much like
> the peal and stick alphabet sets you by in a stationary store but the
> lettering is all arranged to apply. For G-scale this may be ok but esp since
> most G-scale is operated outdoors, I'd have question about it's long term
> durability. You can, however, order masks which are the opposite of the
> lettering set and would allow you to spray paint on the lettering. I'm very
> familiar with film cutters having used them for model paint work in the
> past.
>
> Jerry Glow
>
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> From: "Tom Stoffer" <rocketman4 at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [RITSlist] G Decals
>
>
> > Here's one decal manufacturer... He may not have RI in stock, but does
> > custom requests.
> >
> > http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/DelTapparo/index.htm
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