Car End The shadow striping ends at the car corner and the car ends were simply imitation stainless steel, as per the prototype.
Elevation The three sets of panels separated by the bag- gage doors are evident in this image. Care should be taken when decaling the car to line up the shadow striping, one panel to another.
Side
jet printer with the following settings:
•Paper setting – Other Transparencies •Print Grayscale, Black Only •Color conversion by CorelDRAW •Dot Grain 30% •Preserve Grayscale Number •Absolute Color Conversion
The color palette for all graph-
ic elements is set to percent black (grayscale). I compared the printouts to the photograph un- der magnification and made ad- justments until I achieved a near perfect match. I printed the final
Shadow- Striping This close-up of the shad- ow striping shows how the artwork gradients actually mimic fluted stainless steel.
artwork onto Micro-Mark inkjet decal paper and allowed it to dry. Micro-Mark recommends using Krylon Crystal Clear as a water- proof sealer for inkjet printouts; however, I found the results to be erratic, and I did not like the fin- ished appearance of the decals. I tried using MicroSol Liquid De- cal Film to seal the printouts, but lines at the outer edge of the decal sheets bled and changed to a bluish color when immersed in water. Finally, I brush painted a thin coat of Testors Glosscote onto the decal panels, and this method solved the problem of line bleed and color change. The layout on 8.5 x 11-inch
decal paper produces enough panels to decal four cars. For inkjet printers, it is important to lay out the panels in the vertical position to ensure the fine lines are straight and unbroken (Fig- ure 11). I had the foresight to leave the grab irons off the car until after
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decal application. However, I had already added drip guards and placard holders to my scratch- built car; thus, I had to cut the decal panels to fit around them. I recommend adding these details after applying the decals. The finished appearance of
CB&Q Class BA-19 number 990 is striking. The artwork turned out to be the easy part. Seal- ing inkjet printouts proved to be the major challenge during
this project. By modifying these techniques, it should be possi- ble to simulate shadowline paint schemes for other cars and oth- er railroads. The only require- ments are a clear side view pho- tograph of the car of interest, a scale drawing with the car di- mensions, a computer program with the required drawing tools, and a little patience and persis- tence.
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