NYC_George
Well-Known Member
So as I said yesterday I wanted to develop a new and easier method to create custom rail car patches. I think I found a way to do this without much effort.
Printing them on Testors white decal paper would be the easiest method. I say white because you eliminate the see through problem. The other problem was to make sure the lettering would be crisp and defined. I used my graphic program to set the page pixel resolution to 300 and the lettering resolution 700. This seems to work then scale everything down to the HO scale size. You could make the patch background and lettering any size or color to fit your need. I printed some out on normal printing paper to see how they looked. I think this will work. Let me know if you need a few patches. I'll try to make what you need and send them digitally if I have the time. Once I find real quick way to do this is should be a snap.
George
Printing them on Testors white decal paper would be the easiest method. I say white because you eliminate the see through problem. The other problem was to make sure the lettering would be crisp and defined. I used my graphic program to set the page pixel resolution to 300 and the lettering resolution 700. This seems to work then scale everything down to the HO scale size. You could make the patch background and lettering any size or color to fit your need. I printed some out on normal printing paper to see how they looked. I think this will work. Let me know if you need a few patches. I'll try to make what you need and send them digitally if I have the time. Once I find real quick way to do this is should be a snap.
George
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