Giggity Giggity! Family Guy reefers are here!

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mtrpls said:
Thanks for the compliments, everyone!

As for the decals, I custom designed the Pawtucket Patriot logo (based on artwork from the cartoon) using Adobe Photoshop, and printed a bunch on Microscale Trimfilm with a color laser printer.

The "billboard" decal turned out to be a major headache to apply, since it was difficult to get the decal to settle down into the recesses and rivets of the ribs on the Athearn 57' mechanical reefer. As can be seen in the photo below, the decal spans four ribs:
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An Idea for ease of applying the "billboard" decal, put a sheet of styrene over the ribs, to apply the decal to. The Milwaukee Road covered hoppers comes to mind, with the plate over the ribs, that say "America's Resourceful Railroad."
 
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