I like the early Flyer Streamliners. Have a Comet, the aluminum Zephyr, the tin electric & clockwork Zephyrs, a Green Diamond, an electric Minahaha, and a clockwork Hiawatha. Just added the City of Denver. Lettering on all the passenger cars was gone, so I took a picture of my friends car and made my own stripe with American Flyer Lines. Pretty pleased with the results. Now for the larger Hiawatha someday.
Steve
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Nice !!
nice job matching the font and not a criticism because the red background looks great, but shouldn't those cars have a roof-matching brown background? the stripes you copied are more like the large Hiawatha cars, no?
though i favor clockworks, the IC "Green Diamond" may be my favorite.
never seen one in much better than C5 condition, though. ...someday, maybe.
cheers...gary
great looking stuff Steve.
Outstanding work! 
Bob
Very very nice.
overlandflyer posted:nice job matching the font and not a criticism because the red background looks great, but shouldn't those cars have a roof-matching brown background? the stripes you copied are more like the large Hiawatha cars, no?
though i favor clockworks, the IC "Green Diamond" may be my favorite.
never seen one in much better than C5 condition, though. ...someday, maybe.cheers...gary
Gary
It actually is a brown back ground, but lighter than the roofs.
Steve
Great job, Steve. And now you have a template for the other color schemes as well.
Great job Steve, but now you have to look for an "Aeolus" for the collection.
Looks great Steve. One day you have to give us locals a lesson on how to create such things.
love that set,,,also the green cars with the hudson
Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:overlandflyer posted:nice job matching the font and not a criticism because the red background looks great, but shouldn't those cars have a roof-matching brown background? the stripes you copied are more like the large Hiawatha cars, no?
though i favor clockworks, the IC "Green Diamond" may be my favorite.
never seen one in much better than C5 condition, though. ...someday, maybe.cheers...gary
Gary
It actually is a brown back ground, but lighter than the roofs.
Steve
well perhaps i also should add that it won't be the first time this portable computer has slightly altered a color on me.
can i ask what font you used?
it's a perfect match.
Gary
I used the photo of the actual stripe and printed it.
Steve
Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:Gary
I used the photo of the actual stripe and printed it.
Steve
ah, that explains it.
i know know the frustration of finding a character set that's 88% accurate.
cheers...gary
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