And now, another article from
Neurosurgery Today.
(at least that's what it feels like.)
It is unfortunate that I had sealed the nose decals since Peteski's nose heralds are better.
But you can't undo what has been done. (at least in this case, I'm not going to strip the Cabs and re-do them just for a detail that can ONLY be see under close macro photography).
So, here is a slight review.
The Streamstyle nose decals were only adequate. The very fine lines often dropped out in printing.
Here is cab A with the original nose herald.
You will notice that THE on the left does not look that great (hold that thought.).
From the door rightward..... the EE and the entire word ROAD are missing parts.
So since I had two sets of decals, I laid another EE ROAD on top of this and now it looks better.
But the H & E on the left need improving.
Now here is the B cab.
Original- the same problem with THE and on th right the same EE problem. But ROAD looks better.
I did the same thing on this end. I also got a fine brush and added a little bit of orange to cover some of that black overspray on the right. (You can still see it under brutal close macro shots, but you can't really tell with the naked eye).
The EE looks fixed.
Therefore, on BOTH ends, I want to see if I can improve the THE. Each end needs tiny crossbars (A end needs 3 and the B end needs 2).
I know this is slightly obsessive, and that no one will even be able to see this with the naked eye.
But I hope to show this in an article one day and under brutal macro photography, you can clearly see the herald is “messed up” (as we say in the Deep South).
So today's operation is ONLY for article photography. It is almost impossible to even see this with the naked eye.
Out of two decal sets, this is all I had to work with. Not much.
The first step was to install JUST the crossbar on the H. I about went blind, but got it reasonably into position.
Then I thought about Peteski's wonderful decals...... and I thought- Heck, he made me six nose heralds, why not cannibalize them?
So once again, Peter comes to the rescue.
Here is the A end (the most important end).
You see:
My slightly heavy H crosbar.
And a single letter E from Peteski.
Also, from the old decal, I applied half a W and an A.
Now we're talking. This is acceptable. Better than before.
Here is the B end.
This is Petski's H.
And Petski's E.
The W, K, & O are a little weak, but this is now acceptable for me.
I can sleep better now.
