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Re: (erielack) H16-44 numbers

Jamie, Paul and list:

I have compared the lettering on Microscale sheet 87-812 with the numbers on
a numbered unit. While both lettering is the same height (~.120", or roughly
10 1/2 scale inches) the Microscale numbers are more condensed. Also, the
"fat" part of the numbers (don't know the correct calligraphic term here) on
the numbered Atlas units is "fatter" than the Microscale numbers.

I mention this only in the name of comparison, and not as a slight to either
firm. Just so you can make an informed decision. I have no idea which font
is correct; I leave that to the lettering gurus. I think the Microscale
numbers would look fine on an unnumbered unit, since they would stand alone.
If one were trying to RE-number a NUMBered unit by removing only ONE number,
then there might be a problem.

And Paul addressed the possible solution for an EL version  ;^)

Jim Harr
ELHS #2934
Editor, From The Workbench


From: "Evans, Jamie" <Jamie.Evans_@_dgs.ca.gov>
Subject: (erielack) H16-44 numbers

  Hello Listers,
Does anyone know who makes the correct decals for numbering the unnumbered
Atlas H16-44? Maybe a microscale steam set?
Thanks in advance,
Jamie Evans
ELHS 3087


For DL&W, the Microscale DL&W set will work. For the EL ones, the only
correct set I know of is (plug, plug!) Prime Mover Decals PMD-025 - this is
for gray/maroon/yellow diesels, but it has the correct cab-side yellow
numbers (condensed Gothic)

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