Coal Wagon Transfers

[John Candy]

Since the cement wagon transfers on a yellow background have been succesfull, anyone interested in some yellow coal/limestone wagons?

The ones which immediately come to mind are J R Wood (King's Cross), Wallace Spiers (London), Barrow Barnsley Collieries (Barnsley) and Joseph Cole & Son (Clevedon, Bristol).

John.

[midnight miller]

Hello John & All

Will try a set of Barrow Barnsley if any one else wants to join in .


                                                          John

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Oh Barrow Barnsley yes please! 
Dave
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[midnight miller]

Hello John & All

If you want to do transfers for a limestone wagon , Are you going to do the wagon to put them on ? Can photocopy the chapter out of the Mike Loyd , Cambrian waggon book if you want .


                                                         John

[John Candy]

John,

Patterns for the 5-plank 1923 RCH are almost complete but the extract from book would still be useful to have (no two wagons I have so far seen have been identical).
Need to order more resin......have been using the stuff by the bucket load recently..... but should have samples ready in a couple of weeks.

John.

[MikeWilliams]

I find it very difficult to apply waterslide transfers to a Gauge 3 wagon side.  The cement van is different because each panel is separate and flat, whereas the depth of detail on a wooden wagon causes problems.  In fact the small range of waterslide transfers I do will not be re-stocked when they sell out.

I know some people manage it OK, but I can't!

That is why I'm interested in the POWSides initiative by John Candy - rub down transfers applied for me by somebody who has done thousands of 'em.

Mike

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Yes I agree Mike. That is why I have limited myself to alpha & numeric characters only. But need to have a go at something bigger. My big beef about waterslide transfers is supply. Maybe its me but when I buy a sheet of alpha & numerics with the alphas you get the alphabet with some characters repeated 4 times & some 3 times. It is easy to run out of e.g. capital G's for instance. But need even quantities so both sides can be done.

So here is todays exam question.

Does anyone know where sheets of G's W's C's, L's M's S's and not forgeting E's N's & R's.

So frustrating. GRS do sheets of alphas for a price and the amount of letters on them are of no use at all once the pairs have been married up. So to transfer two or three wagons is nigh on impossible if you want particular letter combo's.

Someone put my mind at rest please!

Dave
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[bolingbroke]

Hi Mike,
I am glad I am not alone in having trouble with waterslide transfers. I did consider trying to cut them locally to the wagon strapping and then touching them up with paint. Not very successful! POWsides does seem to offer another solution. I am keen to hear how their system works in practice. They seem to be a very helpful firm judging by limited experience with them.
Regards,
Roger.

[AllWight]

How about sign writing rather than transfers. I did it recently on my LSWR brakevan, even down to the small numbers on the makers plate of the chassis. Granted the brush had 3 hairs, but not impossible.

Mark

[MikeWilliams]

But Mark, you are a successful artist, whereas I struggle to make a simple pencil sketch - need I say more?

Mike

[midnight miller]

Hello All

Real sign writing is unbeatable for those who can pull it off or find some one local to do it for them . I do not fancy posting a wagon that I have made from a kit . Or risk having it posted back after a professional lettering job for the post office to trash it . I believe what we are striving for is a user friendly , easily REPEATABLE method of lettering goods stock and as such I am happy to support a bit of research and development to get a result in the end . Sorry not meant as a rant !


                                                                John

[AllWight]

Ok

How about a low-tac sticky adhesive stencil that you place over the model and brush paint over. Peel off the stencil and then you have all the insignia you want and you can repeat the process over and over again to give the same end result.

Mark

[midnight miller]

Hello Mark

  By all means , All ideas welcome , Give it a go .


                                                              John

[John Candy]

I have a 7-plank wagon (built from a Peter Wood kit at the beginning of the year) which I intend lettering as "Nadin" No.229.
My intention has been to print the lettering, which I prepared back in March, onto projection "transparency" film,
cut out the outline of the lettering to produce a stencil, lay on the wagon side and mark the outline (either with a sharp point or lining pen) then infill with a fine brush. Then move the "stencil" to a position to mark the shading and repeat the process.

I have used a similar stencil method to slice up transfers accurately to match strapping contours and then accurately position them on GWR and LNER furniture containers.

John.

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Sorry too fiddly. Prefer a set of transfers with a spare set in case of blunders.

Dave
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