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Robert Veefkind
Another snag ? Hello gang I was applying the Thinfilm hon decal to one of the old MDC tankers when I noticed it took up 15 feet of the tank. The MDC Gramps lettering is 10 feet long. Any thoughts? Bob V.
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cmdrwmriker
If the air brake system for the car does not actually function, then no one will notice the decal being slightly out of scale.
----- Original Message ----- From: Robert Veefkind via groups.io <snookdust@...> To: hon3@groups.io Sent: Fri, 09 Oct 2020 11:53:49 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [HOn3] "Gramps " decals Another snag ? Hello gang I was applying the Thinfilm hon decal to one of the old MDC tankers when I noticed it took up 15 feet of the tank. The MDC Gramps lettering is 10 feet long. Any thoughts? Bob V.
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Randy Hees
The MDC tank was more "representational" than carefully accurate, and was offered as a standard gauge car. with a frame..
Gramps was applied to the Van Dyke (frameless cars).. But noting that tank cars seem to have been more standardized than other cars, and the narrow gauge UTLX cars were all older standard gauge cars converted to narrow gauge. I would trust Thinfilm rather than MDC... But it is also possible that the Gramps lettering had variations... The Narrow gauge pictorial, Vol IV, covers the tank cars. Sloan's Century + also covers them. Randy Hees
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John Stutz
Note that PSC offers the body bolster from their frameless tank car kit as a separate styrene part. This may fit the MDC tank shell. The dome, handrail brackets, and some other parts, are also available. The domes and detail parts for Tichy's tank cars are also available separately.
John Stutz
On October 9, 2020 at 9:55 AM Randy Hees <randyhees@...> wrote:
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Mick Moignard
I would not trust MDC accuracy over Thinfilm, or indeed Blackstone, whose Gramps lettering is the same size as Thinfilm. Both also match photos of the real thing.
Mick ________________________________ Mick Moignard m: +44 7774 652504 Skype: mickmoignard The week may start M,T but it always ends WTF.
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