Captain Kernow
Western Thunderer
Steve - it looks fab, mate.
Interesting though, as most goods stock had unshaded lettering, and I don't remember seeing any other photos of it used on brake vans - so perhaps 1513 was tarted up locally.
On balance, I'll take the shadingIn a sense you're lucky as some vans also had the name of the allocated guard painted on the curb rail
From here that wagon looks to have been written with shading, the placing of the capital letters within the plank is where a signwriter would have put the solid white portion knowing that shading was to be done below and right (for example, the T and the B are nearer the top than the bottom of the plank thereby leaving room for the black shading).A crop of the photo used as the basis for the model...
From here that wagon looks to have been written with shading, the placing of the capital letters within the plank is where a signwriter would have put the solid white portion knowing that shading was to be done below and right (for example, the T and the B are nearer the top than the bottom of the plank thereby leaving room for the black shading).
Something to aim for I can't link to it as it's a GOG Gazette, but Heather took the photos if she cares to put a couple up.
Not at all.I remembered. I hope Steve doesn't mind the slight thread hijack