125_driver Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 I am looking to do an intercity power car 43188 , however to the best of my knowledge the "City of Plymouth" HST nameplates dont exist for 00 gauge. In the past I have used railtec transfers, however according to the website it isnt doing custom nameplates at present and this has been the case since at least January so can anyone reccomend anyone who would be able to do such plates as a custom job? Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted September 3, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 3, 2020 (edited) You could try 247 developments - I think they do custom requests. Edited September 3, 2020 by Bucoops Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Iain.d Posted September 3, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 3, 2020 I have used Narrow Planet for bespoke plates. Very good they were too! kind regard, Iain 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 (edited) Neither do modern diesels though. I think the Railtec issue is down to the etchers not working during lockdown. The two place that I would have expected to have them don't. Jackson Evans/Modelmaster and Shawplan. I think Shawplan used to do commissions, but I can't find whether he still does. https://modelmaster.uk/306-4mm-tops-class-43?id_category=306&n=48 http://www.shawplan.com/class43.htm Jason Edited September 3, 2020 by Steamport Southport Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Iain.d Posted September 3, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 3, 2020 7 minutes ago, Steamport Southport said: Neither do modern diesels though. I think the Railtec issue is down to the etchers not working during lockdown. Jason Their Sans Lower nameplates state they’re suitable for some diesel and electric locos. They look similar enough to what I recall seeing in the mid eighties. Not sure how modern City of Plymouth is/was. KInd regards, Iain 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
railtec-models Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Steamport Southport said: Neither do modern diesels though. I think the Railtec issue is down to the etchers not working during lockdown. Jason I do pretty much everything myself (design of artwork, web site code, social media, physically making both the 2d and 3d product, development and testing of new concepts, database administration, legal compliance, making the tea and as many other things as humanly possible to keep Railtec in the air) so there's no dependency on any third party etchers for me to do the 3d work. The custom 3d plates have been unavailable since earlier in the year simply because of the continued colossal incoming volume of requests for stock items off the site and particularly for new designs. I will switch that back on at some point, though it does eat up quite a bit of time to research every plate to get the spacing, typeface and even mounting bolts bang on. Ok, 95% of people might be happy with a generic style plate so long as it's the right colour, but that's just not the Railtec way, and if I don't make a design the best it can be then it will irk me. There's an equal argument to say that whenever somebody orders a bunch of custom loco numbers that it is equally labour intensive, as I research every single loco to get the correct number spacing, but I get the sense that if people had to choose at this precise moment in time between "ready made custom loco number of your choice" vs "custom nameplate of your choice", that the former might come out in favour. Specifically in the case of 43188 City of Plymouth, the plate itself wouldn't be too much work, but it does have an accompanying crest (at least at some point in its Intercity career) - and anyone who knows anything about graphic design (as I've discovered since I started Railtec) will tell you that crests can very quickly turn into a huge amount of work - at least to get looking good. Edited September 3, 2020 by railtec-models 2 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
125_driver Posted September 4, 2020 Author Share Posted September 4, 2020 Thanks for the responses, food for thought. Out of interest @railtec would you consider doing the commission minus the Crest? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
railtec-models Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 On 04/09/2020 at 12:31, 125_driver said: Thanks for the responses, food for thought. Out of interest @railtec would you consider doing the commission minus the Crest? PM sent. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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