UTLX tankcar decals

[nkalanaga]

Does anyone make yellow UTLX tankcar decals, for 1930s-70s cars, in N scale?

CDS used to make dry transfers, but they've been out of business for several years.  All I can find from Microscale is their multi-road tankcar set, which is intended for a more modern car, in an entirely different font, so not usable.  And I couldn't find anything useful in K4 Decals.

[cv_acr]

I thought that the Microscale set had UTLX lettering in yellow roman, which would be good for 1960-70s cars (you did say up to 70s in your range).

On the *far* earlier end of the scale is this:

https://k4decals.com/collections/tank-car-decals/products/union-tank-line-class-x-tank-car-white-decal-utl

[cv_acr]

Some CDS sets in stock here:
https://www.tmrdistributing.com/presta/index.php?id_product=8450&controller=product

[cv_acr]

This is probably what you're looking for though:

https://www.tichytraingroup.com/Shop/tabid/91/c/tank-car1/p/10145s-utlx-10000-gal-usra-tank-car/Default.aspx

https://www.tichytraingroup.com/Shop/tabid/91/c/tank-car1/p/10145n-utlx-10000-gal-usra-tank-car/Default.aspx

[nkalanaga]

YES!  That Tichy set is what I'm looking for.  The lettering changed very little from the 20s to the 70s, so it should work very nicely.  Thank you!

The CDS set is the one I wanted, but having bought some "new" sets from Ozark Miniatures in 2019, and having about half of them unusable, I hesitate to buy more.  Apparently TMR feels the same way, because they specifically warn that these are 20 to 40 years old, and may not be any good!  But Tichy's will work just as well, and on a round car, will probably be easier.  Dry transfers can be hard to get straight on things that don't want to sit still.

The Microscale set does have Roman lettering, but it's a wider font, more appropriate for later cars, and doesn't have the "UNION TANK LINE" name to go above the reporting marks.  I have that set, and have used many of the other reporting marks from it.