Even without a true graphics program, the letter spacing can managed by inserting spaces of very small type sizes between the letters, as needed. I have done this successfully in MS Word, for

A good place to start is railfonts.com While not perfect, and many people argue they are not perfect, they are darned good. The biggest complaint would be that the designer went beyond what the

I'll have a new kit or two for the Collinsville meet. Fenton and I have worked together and come up with ends, doors and lower side sills to make the SAL AF-5. I used a Branchline AAR kit. Here it is

Just a reminder: in the era of this list, very few railroad lettering designs were actually fonts used for printing. They were mostly drawings prepared by company draftsmen and might well not

Where does one get Railroad Roman or gothic “fonts” to create the artwork to be printed this way? Barry Roth

The Ghostwhite cartridge physically replaces the 'K' (blacK) toner cartridge in compatible CMYK color laser printers, including many HP and some others. Set-up decal artwork for 'true black' (CMYK =

Speaking as someone who has handled sodium hydroxide in large quantities, I need to stress the part of Nelson's message regarding eye protection - it is crucial, because the stuff is quite nasty with

InkJet ink is water soluble, so you have to seal the decals after printing. I’ve used Krylon Krystal Clear, but that makes them stiff and it takes several application of Micro Sol to get them to

So having acquired the toner, is it just a case of printing your text/design on decal paper, cutting it out and doing the wet-slide thing? I tried inkjet decals once, and there was a fixative... and

Nelson if you go to their website you can find if a white toner cartridges is available for your printer. https://www.ghost-white-toner.com/ghost-white-toner-for-your-printer/ When I looked into

Friends, If you haven't been there, check the Ghost White web site athttps://www.ghost-white-toner.com/ghost-white-toner-transfer-for-everyone/ . It appears that their cartridges fit

I bought a pack of the Clover House chalk marks a couple of years ago and found that they would not transfer from the backing sheet no matter what surface I tried to put them on. I contacted Clover

Very nice.

What brand and model of printer do you use? I looked on the HP web site, but didn’t find any mention of a ghost white printer, must black and white and color. I have a LaserJet 1200, which is pretty

I agree with Bob Chaparro's assesment of Prismacolor pencils. I would encourage taking this a step further and combining this with decals or dry transfers. Michael Gross on one of his tutorials on

Peter, I can't help you with this problem but as an alternative I recommend using Prismacolor Verithin (not regular Prismacolor) art pencils. I've conducted several 'hands-on" chalk marking clinics

Quite possibly it’s purple in colour and stinks to try and stop tramps drinking it. Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Liquid Poured On A Grain Load In response to a photo of grain in a box car, Red Battreall commented that he worked at an elevator in the early 1950s. He stated, ..."after we filled the car to the

I think we call methylated spirits "denatured alcohol" over here in the states

This is my hobby. I couldn’t make enough at decals to compete with my day job. I have done special runs for friends at cost and supported the Carolina RPM with the Southern vent boxcar, but have no