All twenty-seven Class 40 nameplates in 4mm OO-gauge, for the first time with real scale thickness and accurate colouring. Yes 27 - including the Atlantic Conveyor, named in preservation, plus a set of plates for D226 as "MEDIA", which were cast but never fitted in real life. Also, for the 28th pack, an alternative spelling for the "MAURETANIA" shipping line legend.
Each pack now includes:
- Etched steel nameplate bases, with a shiny silvery finish,
- Three film-less/carrier-less nameplate decals of the chosen name with maroon ground,
- Three film-less/carrier-less nameplate decals with an alternative red backing.
Mirror finish metallic silver, with maroon and now also red backing. The three different flags of the shipping lines are faithfully reproduced too. You can even read the company names under the engine names.
No cutting out required - just soak in water for a minute and float off the backing on to the steel base plate. We recommend you varnish seal the finished plates before fixing them to your model. Note that the etchings are attracted to a magnet, so you might be able to use some magnetic material placed inside the body to attach the plates instead of the usual glue or blue-tack.
We are very grateful to Pete Waterman at Just Like The Real Thing for his assistance in measuring the real plates to get this spot on for the first time ever in model form! The plates are also available to order for O-Gauge to go with JLTRT's new Class 40 kits.
Just click on the images to enlarge the photos for a much closer view of the flags and fine lettering as it shines in the light. Note the little lion on the Cunard Lines plate, tiny crown on the Elder Dempster Lines flag, and all with fine white flag poles and cables.
The first picture top right shows a Bachmann model with a printed nameplate with blobby definition. Lima also made models with even worse printed plated. For comparison the photograph shows both O and OO plates fitted. In reality the plates were placed centrally in the gap between the large square grill and the small cantrail level window.
For an example real photograph of D212 in BR Blue, check out this web link:
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See also our D41-4* packs for decal numbering options to complete a locomotive identity change.
Note: We present two versions of the Mauretania plates - one in the same pattern as all others for that shipping line - the other with a different letter spacing and "CUNARD LINE" as opposed to "CUNARD LINES". The singular format is shown in the "Encyclopaedia of Modern Traction Names" and noted in "Nameplates of the Big Four" as a unique anomaly, although other sources do not mention a variation from the general pattern. This is a mystery, but you can have whichever version you prefer!
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