Help/ideas needed - Fitting etched nameplate to side of smokebox.

[DrStroganoff]

Hi guys.    Sounds easy enough, but I am struggling with fitting nameplates to the side of the smokebox/boiler of a Hornby 42xx that I'm working on.

 

I am in the process of repainting/renumbering it to 5239 'Goliath' as preserved.     The repaint is going OK,   but now I am a bit stuck with how to fit the etched nameplates.

 

As you can see in the following photo of the prototype,  the positioning of the plates is a little unusual:

 

As you see, the nameplate isn't flush to the smokebox,  any suggestions of how I could recreate this raised look would be much appreciated.   Thanks.

 

Also, while fiddling with the nameplates, I've made one of them go slightly wonky at one end.  Is there a trick to flattening them?  

[Paul H Vigor]

A wee dab of Blu Tack? Would 'lift' the plate and be easily removable should you so wish in the future?

[97406]

1 minute ago, Paul H Vigor said:

A wee dab of Blu Tack? Would 'lift' the plate and be easily removable should you so wish in the future?

I was going to say Black Tack which you can get from Ebay or Amazon, and is more discreet.

[DrStroganoff]

3 hours ago, Paul H Vigor said:

A wee dab of Blu Tack? Would 'lift' the plate and be easily removable should you so wish in the future?

 Funny enough, Blu Tack did cross my mind earlier.   I might just give it a go!   Thanks!