L*F/G    METALLIC FOIL LABELS £1.00/£1.50/£2.00/£2.95 Here we have a veritable collection of silver and gold foil label headboards & nameplates: self-adhesive, with a fine grain metallic finish that has just the right qualities of reflection and thickness for realisticly modelling such cast metal items. Self-adhesive, no messy glue required. Many people are familiar with etched model nameplates and headboards, as an improvement on flat printed details, with a raised profile. In reality, a nameplate or headboard would usually be no more than around half an inch thick, with lettering raised by less than a quarter of an inch from a sunken interior level. In OO 4mm scale that's a tiny 0.17mm and no more than 0.08mm respectively - with only half that of course for 2mm N-gauge. Therefore, in fact, etched plates are typically over scale to a considerable degree. The resolution of etching can also be rather crude, even in O-gauge certain fine details are impossible to etch never mind paint. Generally, etched plates have only a single paint colour applied to cover the silver or gold. Our foil label material is closer to the scale thickness for the raised edge of most OO or N nameplates or headboards. Lettering is actually sunken rather than raised, by virtue of the ink thinkness, but this shows up in a reflection, and with the shaded printing, just as if it were raised. Foil labels faithfully reproduce true 1200dpi resolution and in multi-colours. The only limitation is that solid white and yellow colours are not possible, because silver or gold shows through. We are often asked to undertake custom orders to produce headboards that have not been available before. The foil label approach is ideal and affordable for such one-off creations. We present a number of these specials below. Please just Contact Us if there's something you would like us to quote for. Let's look at one example in close up detail. Below on the right is a scan of part of a Hornby new K-type super detailed Pullman car, showing the Hornby transfer printing. A photo of a real cast builder's plate, as used under each door of a Pullman car, appeared in the Hornby 2002 catalogue on page 50. On the left, our foil label version, one of 16 plates in pack L3G, that is just 8mm wide and can be used to upgrade all types of OO Pullman car models. Each of our packs contain a pair of each design or colour noted - in case you have any problem cutting them out, and to give you all the possible colour choices for a given subject in one purchase. Unless otherwise noted, the subjects are in OO 4mm scale. For the few O-gauge subjects, to bring the thickness up to 7mm scale, we laminate the foil label with a clear plastic 0.08mm film, which also has the effect of sealing in the ink. Our Latest & Precision Decals Related Items   Pack L28F features the 2002 Royal Train commemorative nameplates shown above for the "Duchess Of Sutherland", ideal to update the 2004 Train Pack and subsequent train set releases for Marks & Spencer. Fitting over the Hornby nameplates, they add the crowns that were fitted to mark the 2002 Golden Jubilee outing, and correct the letter spacing in the name. Essential to model the loco as she now is, still active on the main line, occassionally hauling the modern Northern Belle Pullman (Mk2) luxury service. Pack L42F, the Condor in three scales, represents a headboard from a famous freight train from the sixties. The train was featured in a Cuneo painting used as a Hornby catalogue cover. A most unusual two colour design, and on closer inspection the splits in the special lettering can be seen even down to the N-gauge 2mm scale. The L57* packs are amongst the most modern of the headboards here, used only since the beginning of 2008 by one of the latest railway companies, Advenza Freight, part of the Cotswold Rail group. The latest additions are from various rail charter tour operations - see the photos on the right with for example Tyne Yard On Tour and the Angel of the North headboard. There are also some Freightliner related modern headboards, with Heavy Haul Moss End featuring a pair of lions. L3G Pullman Car Door Plates - 16 For 4 Cars £2.00 L28F Duchess Of Sutherland Crowned Nameplates OO 4mm & N 2mm £2.00 L42F Condor Headboards O 7mm, OO 4mm & N 2mm £2.00 L44F "Wylam Dilly" 66849 Nameplates O 7mm, OO 4mm & N 2mm £2.00 L44G "Wylam Dilly" 66849 Nameplates G-Scale 1:29th £2.00 L44H "David Maidment OBE" 66850 Nameplates O 7mm, OO 4mm & N 2mm £2.00 L44I "David Maidment OBE" 66850 Nameplates G-Scale 1:29th £2.00 L57E Evil Empire Headboards - Black & Silver With Pink Jumper Men OO 4mm & N 2mm £2.00 L57F Advenza Frieght Headboards - Red & Silver OO 4mm & N 2mm £2.00 L57H Advenza Frieght Headboards - Black & Silver OO 4mm & N 2mm £2.00 L57M The Marauder Headboards - Black & Silver OO 4mm & N 2mm £2.00 L57R Rail Tourer Headboards - Blue & Silver OO 4mm & N 2mm £2.00 L61F Y Gerallt Gymro Class 57/3 Arriva Headboards - Blue & Silver OO 4mm & N 2mm £2.00 L72F Rail Operations Group Headboards - Light Blue & Silver O 7mm, OO 4mm & N 2mm £2.00 L200G Bristol Bluebirds Headboards - Blue-Purple & Gold £2.00 L201F DRS Crewe On A Mission Headboards - Direct Rail Services Blue & Silver £2.00 L202F Wessex Trains 2001-2006 Headboards - Black & Silver Arc £2.00 L203F The Hull Executive Headboards - Red & Silver £2.00 L204F The Irish Mail Headboards - Both Black & Red Historic Forms £2.00 L205F The Emerald Isle Express Headboards - Red & Silver £2.00 L206F The Welshman Headboards - Red & Silver £2.00 L207F Heavy Haul Mossend Headboards - Freightliner Green & Silver Arc Shape With Lions £2.00 L208F The Bulkliner Headboards - Freightliner Green & Silver Keystone £2.00 L209F Tyne Yard On Tour Headboards - Blue & Silver Keystones With Orange Angel Of The North £2.00 L210F Compass Tours Headboards - Black & Silver Keystones £2.00 L211F Pathfinder Tours Headboards - 3 Versions - Blue & Freightliner Green With Silver Lettering & Birds, Plus New Orange Lettered Swirls Design £2.95 L212F Freightliner Eastleigh On Tour Headboards - Black With Silver Lettering £2.00   Items Related To Other Precision Labels Offerings   The next table of packs repeat certain images from the wider Precision Labels range. The "L" number used here is the same as the source pack, with an added "F" for silver or "G" for gold. The headboards are all simple keystone, arc and rectangular plates, of designs that were cast in reality - other wooden painted headboards appear the full labels packs. Nameplates here, four of each to a pack, are for Britannia class engines. For the special tail and roof boards of these famous trains, take a look at the coresponding full pack page with the same "L" number. Roofboards can also be made to custom order, check out the "anything you want" pages from our "Custom" orders section - SL1, SL2, SL3, etc... L1G William Shakespeare (Red) & Iron Duke (Black) Nameplates + Golden Side Arrows £1.00 L2F Bournemouth Belle Brunswick & Green Headboards £1.00 L2G Alfred The Great Red Nameplates £1.00 L4F The Mancunian Headboards Red & Black £1.00 L6F The Royal Scot Headboards - 2 Colours £1.00 L8F Yorkshire Pullman Headboard £1.00 L9F Tees-Tyne Pullman Headboards Blue & Black £1.00 L13F The Queen Of Scots Headboards - 4 Colours £1.00 L14F Kentish Belle Headboards - 2 Greens £1.00 L17F The Royal Scot O 7mm Headboards - 2 Colours £1.50 L18F Devon Belle Headboards - 2 Greens £1.00 L19F The South Wales Pullman Headboard £1.00 L23F The Merseyside Express Headboards - 2 Colours £1.00 L24F The Midlander Headboards - 2 Colours £1.00 L25F Night Ferry Headboard £1.00 L25G William Wordsworth Nameplates Black £1.00 L27F The Mancunian, Merseyside Express & Midlander Headboards O 7mm 2 Colours Each £2.95 L33F The South Yorkshireman Headboards - 2 Colours £1.00 L34F The Thames-Clyde Express Headboards - 2 Colours £1.00 L36F The Red Rose Headboards - 3 Shapes/Colours £1.00 L38F The Red Dragon Headboards - 2 Colours £1.00 L39F The Elizabethan Headboards - 4 Colours £1.00