Horwood Brothers Gas, Oil and Service - Rail Scale Miniatures.

[PRR Modeler]

Looks very good Tom. I would be very concerned about taking the tape off.

[deemery]

Good to see you back at this.  The idea is to use the sprue to position the letters on the framing?  That would work well.

dave

[Rick]

Tom, I think the method you're using is going to work well.
I don't think removing the tape will be an issue.
That tape isn't that sticky and I know you'll be careful.

[jbvb]

Looks good, Tom

[friscomike]

Howdy Tom, nice work on the sign.  It looks terrific.  Have fun, mike

[ACL1504]

Retro signs are so cool! Nice work!

Philip,

Thank you, much appreciate the comment.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Tom...thankfully you've taken the lead on the Goodyear sign...mine will be coming up shortly.

Great job of modeling

terry

Butty Terry,

Thank you for the compliment on the sign. I didn't follow the instructions as I had my own way of how I wanted to proceed.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Looks very good Tom. I would be very concerned about taking the tape off.

Curt Butty,

Thanks for the kind comment. The tape wasn't an issue. I'll explain in today's update.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Good to see you back at this.  The idea is to use the sprue to position the letters on the framing?  That would work well.

dave

Dave,

Nice to be back. It was an unforced small absence. Yes, you are correct, the letter carrier sheet is to correctly position the letters on the billboard frame.

Tom

[elwoodblues]

Tom,

I see you came back swinging. 

The Goodyear sign will look great when it is finished.

[ACL1504]

Tom, I think the method you're using is going to work well.
I don't think removing the tape will be an issue.
That tape isn't that sticky and I know you'll be careful.

Rick,

You are correct on all three of your comments. The method did work well, the tape wasn't an issue and I was very careful.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Looks good, Tom

James,

Thanks very much for the compliment.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Howdy Tom, nice work on the sign.  It looks terrific.  Have fun, mike

Mike, Howdy,

I appreciate3 the comment, thank you. I'm still having fun.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Tom,

I see you came back swinging. 

The Goodyear sign will look great when it is finished.

Ron,

Yes, I'm back in the saddle tor now. Thanks for the comment my friend.

Tom

[ACL1504]

When the yellow paint on the letters was dry, I carefully removed them one at a time.

I then dry fitted them in the carrier sheet. I wanted to make sure they fit into the spaces smoothly. I did have to lightly sand a few edges of the letters to remove some excess yellow paint.



I then glued the letters on the billboard frame being careful not to get glue on the carrier sides.



I then turned the letters over (face down) and added weights to hold it all flat until the glue thoroughly dried.