UP stock car decals


Richard Townsend
 

Does anyone know of a source for HO decals for UP stock cars, late 1950s, yellow lettering on red car, gothic face?


Benjamin Hom
 

Richard Townsend asked:
"Does anyone know of a source for HO decals for UP stock cars, late 1950s, yellow lettering on red car, gothic face?"

Microscale 87-512.


Ben Hom


Richard Townsend
 

Thanks. I checked their site yesterday and for some reason it didn't come up. Maybe because I checked for "Union Pacific," not "UP."

Richard Townsend
Lincoln City, OR


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Richard Townsend asked:
"Does anyone know of a source for HO decals for UP stock cars, late 1950s, yellow lettering on red car, gothic face?"

Microscale 87-512.


Ben Hom


John Sykes III
 

Here's a master I made for UP stock cars, because the Microscale set is (or was - they may have added it) missing the end markings -- or was it thew Athearn decorated cars -- its been so long I forgot the reason why I made these up,  Note that this is in a "stencil" font.  This is red for the yellow cars.  Just use Word to convert these from red to yellow (use a darker yellow or they won't show up right on the model) for the red cars.  It is set up to print on the Testors 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" decal sheets.

-- John


John Sykes III
 

Actually, if you convert the color of these to a yellow, you can use them on just about any UPRR freight cars.  I made them up in three sizes to best fit the scale.  In HO they work out to roughly 2", 3" & 4" tall.  Note that secondary Champ decals were often oversized -- it was a trade-off of legibility vs. correct scale (I think it is called "Greeking" in the printing industry.  Or is that when the letters are sort of smeared but in scale?).

-- John