Archie-
Anything would be greatly appreciated!!
Thanks,
Charlie Vlk
----- Original Message -----
From: "archie hayden" <kliner@mywdo.com>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Q lettering diagram for 4 window 30' waycar
> 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:
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>> Adding to Tim's request....
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>> 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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