Scale F3 Number-boards Needed

@albertstrains posted:

 I have an Atlas Erie F3 that a Customer would like painted in CP colors and would like the correct style number-boards installed if available. 

   Does anyone know if a source to pick up a set?

  I have included a pic showing the ones required that are on a 3rail FP7

  Thank you in advance! Happy Railroading!

Al

Al, it breaks my heart (even tho' I'm Canadian) to see a beautiful Erie go down. How I wish, but...

Check-out P&D Hobby.  They sell brass number boards as shown in your CP photo.  I've used them; good product.  

Here you go:

https://www.pdhobbyshop.com/St...&products_id=629

And this is the translucent plastic lenses for the number boards:

https://www.pdhobbyshop.com/St...&products_id=611

You can even light them with a couple of SMT LED's, very classy.

@gunrunnerjohn posted:

You can even light them with a couple of SMT LED's, very classy.

Any photos of such an installation you can post, John?  Size of LED?

I use 3528 size LEDs for number boards.  I don't have any photos, but they're wide angle light output, and a couple behind the number boards normally give a nice lighting pattern.

I have used the number boards from P&D also, successfully.    You do have to sand off the big ones, and fill the hole.    I glued a piece of styrene behind the board and then filled it with Tamiya white putty.   they tamiya putty in my opinion does not shrink as much and feathers better than the Squadron putty.   Many guys also use Squadron.

 Thank you Carl for the reminder. Totally forgot about P&D. 
 Jim thanks for tip on fillers. Ive used squadron putty in the past but don’t care for the shrinkage issue. I was thinking about using epoxy as a filler next.

Al

Just cut clear styrene to fit , print out black or white number sheets and glue on. That why I stay away from re-painting engines.