White Lettering 1/72

[Terry_Crisp]

Gentlemen,
Do any of you have a suggestion for do it yourself lettering in white for decal purposes? Most printers don't do white.
Johnny Salami, What do I doooo.........?
Thanks
Terry

[Zweispeer]

hi terry,

why don't you print a black dial on a transparency paper (is it called that way?) and leave the white blank... print it and paint it white at the back.
or take a tiny brush and oil paint and a steady hand and paint it.

by the way... aren't the wwI instrument faces white with black lettering in most cases?

greetings zweispeer

[brian riedel]

Howdy,

If you're looking for numbers and letters for
British aircraft, you might try Woodland Scenics Dry Transfers.
They can be found at model railroad shops and
catalogs. I used them for a 1/72 Sopwith Tripe and they
worked fine. The easiest way to use them is to
rub them on to clear decal material and apply
as a normal decal.
Hope that helps.

Brian Riedel

[StephenLawson]

Get thee to yon Rail - Roader's hobby shoppe gentle sire! In yon shoppe and located at the point of their decals section thou wilt findeth multiple rows of coloured lettering in water slide decal form. These are ideal for thy purpose. They come mostly from Microscale and in multiple fonts of Arabic, Gothic and etc. Simply cut thy square around each letter and form thy sign. Small enough for the finest 1/48 scale or the normal side stenciling found on the thy 1/72 flittermaus. Here is some of the larger lettering from ther black Arabic sheet.

[StephenLawson]

Here is a bit more of the black

[StephenLawson]

Here's a bit of my Waldo Pepper bird with some yellow lettering and a white A. Come to think of it I probably got cheap here and put down white lettering and painted yellow over it!

[StephenLawson]

Here's my Italian NieuXI from last year.

[Terry_Crisp]

Thanks Gang!
If I can get the right size and font I'm in big, er small. you know, 1/72.
Thanks aghain,
Terry