MacRat Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Hello all My intention was to renumber one of the new green Graham Farish class 37. From Fox Transfers I've ordered the "Early Diesel + Electric White Numbering..." sheet FRH2005 and I'm not so impressed. The characters for the numbers 6, 8 and 9 are more or less white blobs, hardly readable. Compared with photos and the excellent original print, the numbers from Fox Transfer seem to have the wrong shape and size, too. They seem to be to small. Did I receive a bad sample? Are there other alternatives available for N scale? I know about Modelmaster, but they don't have the D with the serifs, at least not on the sheets I've ordered. Your help is much appreciated, as I've already removed one of the original numbers and the fox numbering don't look better when applied. Mac, who things he messed up a really good model Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PaulCheffus Posted November 5, 2009 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 5, 2009 Hello all My intention was to renumber one of the new green Graham Farish class 37. From Fox Transfers I've ordered the "Early Diesel + Electric White Numbering..." sheet FRH2005 and I'm not so impressed. The characters for the numbers 6, 8 and 9 are more or less white blobs, hardly readable. Compared with photos and the excellent original print, the numbers from Fox Transfer seem to have the wrong shape and size, too. They seem to be to small. Did I receive a bad sample? Are there other alternatives available for N scale? I know about Modelmaster, but they don't have the D with the serifs, at least not on the sheets I've ordered. Your help is much appreciated, as I've already removed one of the original numbers and the fox numbering don't look better when applied. Mac, who things he messed up a really good model Hi Have you contacted Fox? They are very good at replacing substandard decals. The only other option I am aware of is ModelMaster available through the NGS and someone else whos name escapes me. Cheers Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cctransuk Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Are there other alternatives available for N scale? See Sheet BL29 at http://www.cctrans.freeserve.co.uk/products.htm The numbers on the sheet are carefully selected so that pretty well any number can be made up of one or two components. Regards, John Isherwood, Cambridge Custom Transfers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacRat Posted November 7, 2009 Author Share Posted November 7, 2009 Hello Many thanks for your responses, it is much appreciated. @Paul: I havn't contacted Fox as I didn't know whether it was substandard what I received. But I will try to call Fox next week. @John: Thank you. I wasn't aware of your products. Your numbers look spot on compared to pictures. I'll give your sheet a try. Cheers Mac Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etched Pixels Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 See Sheet BL29 at http://www.cctrans.f...uk/products.htm The numbers on the sheet are carefully selected so that pretty well any number can be made up of one or two components. Regards, John Isherwood, Cambridge Custom Transfers. The CCT ones are nice and I've used them for all sorts of loco numbers although the number you actually wanted is never the one on the sheet Did find you need a glossy surface to apply them without the film showing up, then matt over the top so the shortcuts you can do with the fox ones don't work. Doesn't cover the silver electric numbers but definitely a good sheet, and lots on it (I'm still on the first sheet although it now looks like UK government policy [1]). Alan [1] It's full of holes and will soon disintegrate entirely Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacRat Posted November 8, 2009 Author Share Posted November 8, 2009 Many thanks, Alan. I already spotted the pieces that I've to cut out and I'll spray a thin layer of gloss varnish before applying the number, thank you for pointing this out. And I can reuse it for a second loco. Mac Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-missy- Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Hello There is also some dry rub transfers that Howes of Kidlington do. I have a couple of the sheets and are very useful (and cheap). Missy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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