Charlie and Tim, I have some stencils that came in an old painters
trunk from the CB&Q but loaned the CB&Q to the West Chicago museum.
Wonder if they still have them? I have some others and will see if
anything will be of help. Regards, Archie
On Aug 10, 2010, at 12:42 PM, cvlk wrote:
> Adding to Tim's request....
>
> We need to locate CB&Q drawings for Railroad Roman lettering in
> general..... for freight cars, passenger cars, and locomotives. I
> cannot beleive that all the drawings for the alpha and numeric
> characters eluded preservation.
>
> Years ago I secured the Q drawings for the Budd Zephyr font and my
> artwork was used by Marshall Thayer when he presented the early
> shovelnose drawings in Model Railroad Craftsman. Subsequently, Micro-
> Scale did the Zephyr font in decals as well. I used it for the
> Nickel Plate Products "Aeolus" decal lettering artwork. The "Ribbon-
> Style" font was done by Micro-Scale but I am not sure what was used
> to create it beyond photos as I have never seen any CB&Q drawings
> covering that style.
>
> Note that there are some painting and lettering drawings (P&L,
> sometimes called "styling" drawings) but those usually do not show
> the accurate shape of lettering, just a cartoon of the placement on
> the car or locomotive. There are separate references to the alpha
> and numeric characters (usually a different set for each letter size
> and often different for freight, passenger and locomotive
> applications). In addition to these there were also full size
> "stencil" drawings which reproduce the lettering at 1:1 .... these
> tend to get a little large as sometimes the lettering stretched out
> 20 feet or more depending on the application.
>
> Somebody has to have such drawings..... I would like to borrow them
> for digitization and making up accurate artwork and fonts for future
> models (and, in Tim's case, restoration of actual equipment). It is
> possible to work from photos to reproduce such lettering but it
> would be nice to have the official CB&Q drawings as a resource.
>
> Charlie Vlk
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: tf5077
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 5:33 PM
> Subject: [CBQ] Q lettering diagram for 4 window 30' waycar
>
> Hey guys..
>
> Iam looking for the "old" lettering diagram with the scripty type
> lettering rather than the newer block type letter. Iam repainting my
> waycar back to boxcar red and need the older lettering. My waycar
> was built in 1918. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated...........
>
> Thanks in Advance
>
> Tim
>
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