Guest Half-full Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Hi Steve, Many thanks for taking the time to reply, its much appreciated! I've been a long time user of your transfers, always my first port of call now. I'll look forward to seeing (and using!) the 155 pack when it becomes available - I didn't realise the detail re the door buttons! Thanks again HF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Alex Duckworth Posted May 18, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 18, 2020 Hello Steve, would you be able to print some of your 4mm NCB transfer sheets at 2mm? Alex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 Quality service from Steve again, for next loco. And a bonus “ transrail “ as I didn’t seal one properly and knocked it off 37116.. thanks Steve ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delticfan Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Just been checking out the 7mm 3D diesel worksplates, ie. Sulzer, EE, etc. Can you specify individual locos or is that pushing things a bit much?...Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Firecracker Posted August 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 18, 2020 Just a quick few words to praise the superb service from Railtec so far! Whilst browsing on here I became aware of them, so with an 08 to renumber I decided to give them a go. So an order went in yesterday at 11:07. I get an email at 14:57 yesterday from Steve to tell me the order had been despatched. Then, much to my amazement and pleasure they plop through the letterbox at 10:00 this morning. Superb, with service like that, you deserve to succeed! And yes, there will be more orders. Some custom destination blinds, for a start. Owain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz9284 Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 what's the best way to contact steve, as the e-mail is turned off? i remember reading you could live chat to him but i can't find where this is on the site? cheers darryl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 Maybe posting a query here might attract attention. One addition that would be useful is a cut down set of transfers of what is missing from the Hornby Captain Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted August 29, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 29, 2020 Sometime back, I asked whether Steve had considered making a set of raised number plates for the Heljan 7mm scale Hymek. At the time, he was rushed off his feet, so the request came to nothing, although Steve did say he's do it once he had the time. As a stop gap, I decided to order a set of 2D numbers for my Hymek, and was then going to use them as a template for some individual etched letters and numbers. After ordering, Steve got back to me to say he had been working on the Hymek transfers and was happy with the product so would dispatch a set to me. These were duly delivered, and very nice they looked too: All I needed was the time and courage to fit them! Yesterday I received an email from Stave saying he'd adjusted some settings on his equipment and that he had created an even better set of numbers, so a new set to replace those he'd already sent me, were in the post. They arrived this morning. What do you say about a small business that takes that much care of it's customers? 'Outstanding service' somehow seems inadequate in this case. Thank you Steve. 8 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz9284 Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 (edited) Steve is brilliant although he is his worst enemy in a way. He's so good at what he does the poor guy is rushed off his feet due to high demand. He needs to take someone on to help him but I think he has said before he doesn't have the time to teach someone the techniques in railway designs etc. It's a double edged sword for the poor lad. Edited August 31, 2020 by daz9284 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D6775 Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Off the WB last week with Steve's transfers: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 1 hour ago, daz9284 said: Steve is brilliant although he is his worst enemy in a way. He's so good at what he does the poor guy is rushed off his feet due to high demand. He needs to take someone on to help him but I think he has said before he doesn't have the time to teach someone the techniques in railway designs etc. It's a double edged sword for the poor lad. Very true , I wonder if he has someone to post stuff out....the logistics side could be done by unskilled labour 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavymetalwagons Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Dont like the phrase "unskilled Labour"!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted August 31, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 31, 2020 On 29/08/2020 at 19:22, Happy Hippo said: Sometime back, I asked whether Steve had considered making a set of raised number plates for the Heljan 7mm scale Hymek. As an aside, someone did produce these when it first came out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted August 31, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 31, 2020 29 minutes ago, Hal Nail said: As an aside, someone did produce these when it first came out. Yes, Fox produced individual etched stainless letters and numbers but I had not real wish to start fiddling around with them. I had a 4 mm Heljan Hymek as well, and that got left well alone as at the time, I was having a lot of trouble with my close vision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractor_37260 Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 (edited) Hi Steve What's the part No. for your ML 08 938 transfer set can't seem to find it on your site. An ED 08 938 set still required as and when available. Regards Ken Edited September 4, 2020 by tractor_37260 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 On 31/08/2020 at 13:09, heavymetalwagons said: Dont like the phrase "unskilled Labour"!!!! Oh well, It doesn’t require any skill to post stuff, thus the description to differentiate from the design work, which clearly does require skill 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railtec-models Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 (edited) On 04/09/2020 at 23:41, tractor_37260 said: Hi Steve What's the part No. for your ML 08 938 transfer set can't seem to find it on your site. An ED 08 938 set still required as and when available. Regards Ken I've just briefly taken it off to revamp it to include both the ED and ML variants on the same 4mm pack, and add the ED version for 7mm too (the 7mm ML version was already available). Here's a sneak preview of what the 4mm now looks like. It'll be available on the web site once it's been scheduled in to a print run. Currently anticipate it being in a few days' time. A classic case of what might seem like a simple loco pack to do, turning into a can of worms to get it looking bang on. Those hand painted ED numbers took some pain staking manual recreation of artwork (and one side has slightly different spacing to the other and a couple of the numerals are thicker on one side), and then there were the ED badges and unique stencil solebar detailing to figure out too. Before you know it that's another 3+ hours of your life gone! Edited September 8, 2020 by railtec-models 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractor_37260 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 (edited) Hi Steve The above in 4mm will be just the job. One question, the background square colour behind the ED or ML on the cab sides looks Black ? to me not Blue but happy to be corrected. EDIT: Having found a better photo, it is in fact Blue backed with a fine Black border edge around it ! Edited September 8, 2020 by tractor_37260 amend text Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu from EGDL Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 6 hours ago, railtec-models said: Hi Gang, Would love to see this pack reproduced in N gauge... Along with my standing request for Grand Central Class 90s. Later, Stu in OMDM 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railtec-models Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 (edited) 43 minutes ago, tractor_37260 said: Hi Steve The above in 4mm will be just the job. One question, the background square colour behind the ED or ML on the cab sides looks Black ? to me not Blue but happy to be corrected. I'm reasonably confident it's the white balance in the photos, particularly on the latter inside the shed. In the first photo the background behind ED looks to be distinctly lighter than the black of the cab window surrounds above it. As far as I can gather from the dozen or so photos I have of the loco both in its ED and ML variants, the background was what I could best describe as BR blue. I have a couple of photos in identical positions at Motherwell. In one photo (where I would say the white balance is poor), the badge looks white on black, but in another almost identical photo it's definitely BR blue (or as close as damn it), seen here: My guess is that when it moved to Motherwell, they just painted over the box (or perhaps even just painted out the ED) in the same colour and applied their own ML mark. There's perhaps a better photo of it at Eastfield here: The only question mark I would have is whether the blue box had a thin black outline, but I think opinion could easily be divided on that one (and how prominently that would show at 4mm is negligible anyway). If somebody knows 100% categorically then feel free to chime in. Who knows, maybe even the gentleman who applied it could be reading this! EDIT: I think Eddie is cracked it whilst I was responding. I'm going to amend the ED variant to BR blue with a thin black outline. Nice one Eddie. And people sometimes wonder where all the time goes! Edited September 8, 2020 by railtec-models 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractor_37260 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 1 hour ago, Eddie R v2.0 said: To my eyes, it is Blue with a very thin Black line round the edge. I know that it’s very difficult to tell from the pics on Flickr and don’t envy Steve in all the research he does! Yep - that's what I'm thinking now looking at the above . Possibly Black squares were painted on first - then the Blue added afterwards- as per the photo above in ED's paint shop ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractor_37260 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 5 minutes ago, Eddie R v2.0 said: That would make sense Ken. Oh to have a time machine and a Digital camera! Steve is now going to amend the the ED version with a fine Black border - top man Steve ! - will save faffing about painting on Black squares to go under the transfers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractor_37260 Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 (edited) On 08/09/2020 at 18:39, railtec-models said: I'm reasonably confident it's the white balance in the photos, particularly on the latter inside the shed. In the first photo the background behind ED looks to be distinctly lighter than the black of the cab window surrounds above it. As far as I can gather from the dozen or so photos I have of the loco both in its ED and ML variants, the background was what I could best describe as BR blue. I have a couple of photos in identical positions at Motherwell. In one photo (where I would say the white balance is poor), the badge looks white on black, but in another almost identical photo it's definitely BR blue (or as close as damn it), seen here: My guess is that when it moved to Motherwell, they just painted over the box (or perhaps even just painted out the ED) in the same colour and applied their own ML mark. There's perhaps a better photo of it at Eastfield here: The only question mark I would have is whether the blue box had a thin black outline, but I think opinion could easily be divided on that one (and how prominently that would show at 4mm is negligible anyway). If somebody knows 100% categorically then feel free to chime in. Who knows, maybe even the gentleman who applied it could be reading this! EDIT: I think Eddie is cracked it whilst I was responding. I'm going to amend the ED variant to BR blue with a thin black outline. Nice one Eddie. And people sometimes wonder where all the time goes! Hi Steve Any update on the revised 4mm ED 08938 transfer set ? Noticed your e-mail is temporarily unavailable. I've a couple of other items to order, so will just get them all together. Regards Ken Edited September 23, 2020 by tractor_37260 edit text Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railtec-models Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 11 minutes ago, tractor_37260 said: Hi Steve Any update on the revised 4mm ED 08938 transfer set ? Noticed your e-mail is temporarily unavailable. I've a couple of other items to order, so will just get them all together. Regards Ken Spooky as I'm literally just designing a test cycle right now to get the thickness of the black outline looking correct on the ED box. Once I've done that the revised design will be dropped into the mock-up already shown and then it's just a case of printing. Tedious test iterations like this are the lesser-seen (and infiinitely time consuming) side of how most of the days are spent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railtec-models Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 (edited) On 23/09/2020 at 13:59, tractor_37260 said: Hi Steve Any update on the revised 4mm ED 08938 transfer set ? Noticed your e-mail is temporarily unavailable. I've a couple of other items to order, so will just get them all together. Regards Ken 4mm & 7mm packs for 08938 just released @tractor_37260Ken: https://www.railtec-models.com/catalog.php?search_str=08938 Edited September 24, 2020 by railtec-models 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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