N gauge decorating
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Step 1, scan both sides of the model
Edit to separate into separate images then find a colour pic of a Hants and Dorset bus of the period and sample the colour, also copy the company title, add the colour to the images, then the company title, find examples of contemporary adverts on line, download and resize to fit, paste in place.
Still needs a bit of touching up amd chassis adding
A similar project for some Southern coaches, Dapol chose not to produce any 3rd open nor restaurant cars, so I got Worsley Works to produce etched brass sides and using similar methods to the above produced self adhesive vinyl overlays, I used a "sample" of the SR green on a Dapol Maunsell, then added the lettering and numbers.
For the restaurant cars I chose to do the Ironclad version to avoid having to do the recessed kitchen doors of the later Maunsell ones, the recessed end doors of the open thirds were taken care of by the etches.
Then assembled a full sheet with a different running number on each coach
I glued a strip of clear acetate ((from OHP transparency sheets) to the back of the etches which I then glued the etched sides to a variety of Dapol and Farish coaches from which I had cut out the bits betwen windows.
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Cheers MIKE
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Barry
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I used a similar method for the double-decker tram in Wombat Creek and the outcome is quite good. Before I applied the 'foil' I sealed it with a matt spray sealer to avoid fingerprints and to remove the shine.
Cheers,
Claus
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