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General Discussion => N and Z Scales => Topic started by: upbnsffan on January 17, 2015, 11:34:44 PM

Title: Looking for printed numberboards for Kato DRGW F3's #5541 and #5544...
Post by: upbnsffan on January 17, 2015, 11:34:44 PM
Hello,

I was wondering if anybody had any spare printed numberboards for Kato DRGW F3's #5541 and #5544?
When I unpacked my Zephyr set the other day, I noticed that three of the four numberboards on the two locos
were missing. They must have been sucked off when I vacuumed the cars and locos before putting them in
storage a while back. Is this something that Kato might still have in stock? I only see undecorated numberboards
on their parts site. I have not contacted Kato yet, but may next week if necessary.

Thanks,
William
Title: Re: Looking for printed numberboards for Kato DRGW F3's #5541 and #5544...
Post by: upbnsffan on January 17, 2015, 11:39:28 PM
Forgot to add contact info:

William Gilbert
upbnsffan@gmail.com
Title: Re: Looking for printed numberboards for Kato DRGW F3's #5541 and #5544...
Post by: Chris1274 on January 17, 2015, 11:55:46 PM
I don't think they sell specific numbered boards as spare parts. If you have access to a laser printer, you can make your own pretty easily using laser decal paper.
Title: Re: Looking for printed numberboards for Kato DRGW F3's #5541 and #5544...
Post by: upbnsffan on January 30, 2015, 04:20:16 PM
In researching this question I came across an interesting website which shows multiple options for printing/applying numberboards:

https://home.comcast.net/~atsf_arizona_2/Easy_N_Scale_Locomotive_Numberboards.html

Now I just need to see if anybody has any spare undecorated F3 numberboards to work with.   

They are available from Kato, but $7.00 shipping for a $2.00 item is not very economical.

William