I'm trying to find an article on producing weathered advertisements that I'm sure was in Model Railroader. The one I'm looking for required one to print the ad in reverse and then stick down with "matt medium?", I think, then soaking off the printer paper. If anyone knows what issue the article was in I'd much appreciate it.
Ken.
I thought there was a better search engine on Trains, but I can't find it. The Annual MR Index doesn't work either.
I'm not sure how relevant you will find this link, given that you live on the bottom of the world, but we had a forum regular that posted a huge number of pics of old advertisements.
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/11/t/162879.aspx
He now post on facebook
If the signs have a lot of white in them, painting the back of the sign with while acrylic and letting it dry will make the white much brighter. I strongly recommend experimenting before you try it on your best model.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
I think this is it from the June 2016 issue of MR.
Easy wall signs with image transfer
That sounds like it. Now to find my June 2016 copy of MR. Thanks.
Ken
I have that article cut out and in my notebook of ideas for future projects.
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Keeping a notebook of the good articles has been more effective than trying to remember what magazines the articles were in.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Henry,
The Yankee Tobacco sign is upside down and backwards! Is that a test?!? Do I pass?!?
Tricky guy! We better watch out in case he does it to us again!!
What is the word behind 'Yankee'. I think the last three letters are 'IRJ' but I could be totally out to lunch.
Cheers!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Dave, it looks to me like it's "YANKEE GIRL". There's more on it HERE
Wayne
I print my own decals on an inkjet printer on my computer. For white backgrounds, I paint a white space, usually a simple rectangle, on the target surface. For a weathered sign, I spray on Dullcoat, contrary to the usual use of smooth surfaces for decals.
This is not a difficult process at all.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.