RMweb Gold Geep7 Posted May 1 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 1 (edited) 3 minutes ago, meatloaf said: Check they arent in a plastic pouch down one end of the box I'm sure I did check the whole box, but i've only found a small bag of pipes and details to add..... I'll check again. Edited May 1 by Geep7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Geep7 Posted May 1 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 1 Had another check of the box, and nope, nothing, nada etc..... Guess i'll have to improvise something...... Would 2 white blanks be appropriate? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_crisp Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 6 hours ago, Geep7 said: So bringing this thread back to life. I've just availed myself of a blue Class 122 in the Rails sale, you know, the one with the upside-down W pretending to be an M.... As it doesn't come with the decal sheet for the headcodes, and none seem to be available, has anyone made alternatives to this? I have thoughts to print off my own on normal printer paper, but would they block the light too much? I've printed all my DMU destinations off on normal paper on my black and white laser - Seems fine to me light wise as shown in the photo. Admittedly the Dapol body is sitting on a Bachmann chassis but the light arrangement is pretty similar to Dapols arrangement - In these case I just added an SMD LED to Bachmann's circuit board. Also I cut out a bit of glazing to fit the destination blind so discarded the original. If you're after headcodes for an early 70s bubble then I created some in Inkscape, printed them off and then weathered them. It took me an age to get ok looking fonts but I did find them quite fun to do. Hope this helps Will 2 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Geep7 Posted May 1 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 1 1 hour ago, dj_crisp said: I've printed all my DMU destinations off on normal paper on my black and white laser - Seems fine to me light wise as shown in the photo. Admittedly the Dapol body is sitting on a Bachmann chassis but the light arrangement is pretty similar to Dapols arrangement - In these case I just added an SMD LED to Bachmann's circuit board. Also I cut out a bit of glazing to fit the destination blind so discarded the original. If you're after headcodes for an early 70s bubble then I created some in Inkscape, printed them off and then weathered them. It took me an age to get ok looking fonts but I did find them quite fun to do. Hope this helps Will Thanks, I'll give it a go then. I have some railway fonts on my PC which should be close enough. I'm looking to renumber my 122 from 55003 to W55016 or W55018 as I know those 2 units operated on the Western Region in Devon and Cornwall.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_crisp Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 15 minutes ago, Geep7 said: Thanks, I'll give it a go then. I have some railway fonts on my PC which should be close enough. I'm looking to renumber my 122 from 55003 to W55016 or W55018 as I know those 2 units operated on the Western Region in Devon and Cornwall.... Good stuff. I like your two choices! I really enjoyed having a crack at W55016 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieGuyRob Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 https://railcar.co.uk/topic/destination-blinds/ Would screen shotting one of the destination blinds of this website and scaling down work? They would be in the right font then. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickL2008 Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 1 hour ago, PieGuyRob said: https://railcar.co.uk/topic/destination-blinds/ Would screen shotting one of the destination blinds of this website and scaling down work? They would be in the right font then. Those look ok, but the colors and font beleive arnt correct from the looks of it? but only if youre bothered by that NL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieGuyRob Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 19 hours ago, NickL2008 said: Those look ok, but the colors and font beleive arnt correct from the looks of it? but only if youre bothered by that NL Ahh, been a while since I looked at them, I thought they were pictures of the blind rolls. I know Soi Buakhao has video of actual underground destination blind rolls, on his YouTube channel, but, that is no use here..... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted May 2 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 2 (edited) 23 hours ago, dj_crisp said: It took me an age to get ok looking fonts but I did find them quite fun to do. Hope this helps Will I know we've discussed this before but that photo really shows what a huge difference your flush glazing makes to the cab. I'll probably give it a go on my 7mm one. Edited May 2 by Hal Nail 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_crisp Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 3 hours ago, Hal Nail said: I know we've discussed this before but that photo really shows what a huge difference your flush glazing makes to the cab. I'll probably give it a go on my 7mm one. Brian's laserglaze is magic. When showing him this bubble we were chatting about doing the rest.... although I'm not sure I'd get the angles of the droplights right. In 7mm yours will look ace. I'm now filing an angle on frames on all my glazing projects leaving the thickness of the laserglaze. Tricks the eye that frames are thinner than they really are. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrakeCoach Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 Are these still having issues with negotiating curves? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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