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But if the sides sag, wouldn't the lettering have also "sagged" proportionally? In a time like ours seemings and portents signify. Ours is a generation when dogs howl and the skin crawls on the skull with its beast's foreboding. Country: USA | Posts: 2351 George D Moderator Premium Member Posted - 04/21/2020 :  08:34:16 AM     Thanks for the comments. Louis, now that you mention it, it doesn't look right. George Fly Army Country: USA | Posts: 16793 desertdrover Engineer Posted - 04/21/2020 :  09:41:15 AM     quote: Originally posted by George D Thanks for the comments. Louis, now that you mention it, it doesn't look right. George It wasn't me George! Louis Pacific Northwest Logging in the East Coast Post count: 5000 posts added to below count. Country: USA | Posts: 16114 George D Moderator Premium Member Posted - 04/21/2020 :  10:16:31 AM     Thanks Louis! A curse on your all your modeling. Oh, wait, I can apply some lessons learned to a second effort. I withdraw those curses, Louis. So, it's back to square one. I think I have a way to handle the lettering problem. One of things I didn't like was that the side boards looked a little heavy, so I'm using a lighter cardstock. The second is to use wood for the side and end backing to give it more strength. I fired up the Cricut and cut boards for the sides and the roof. I have to find the wood I want to use before I can cut the sides or ends yet. The color of the cardstock is a little lighter – that's what I have on my shelf. Here's where I sit now. George Fly Army Country: USA | Posts: 16793 George D Moderator Premium Member Posted - 04/21/2020 :  12:53:08 PM     I'm sorry I blamed Louis. My new troubles all go to Martin. George Fly Army Country: USA | Posts: 16793 mwbpequod Fireman Posted - 04/21/2020 :  3:01:06 PM     quote: Originally posted by George D I'm sorry I blamed Louis. My new troubles all go to Martin. George I am well known to be a terrible mean old man..........just ask my children for whom I am the cause of all their problems. In a time like ours seemings and portents signify. Ours is a generation when dogs howl and the skin crawls on the skull with its beast's foreboding. Country: USA | Posts: 2351 railman28 Fireman Posted - 04/21/2020 :  5:12:25 PM     To fix the lettering. Maybe, layout the boards straight on some tape like when you painted them. Then add the lettering then move the boards to the warped sides? Just an idea, Bob It's only make-believe Country: USA | Posts: 5714 George D Moderator Premium Member Posted - 04/21/2020 :  5:53:06 PM     quote: Originally posted by mwbpequod I am well known to be a terrible mean old man..........just ask my children for whom I am the cause of all their problems. That's why I'm glad I'm living in this corner of the state. Bob, that's the plan. George Fly Army Country: USA | Posts: 16793 k9wrangler Engineer Posted - 04/21/2020 :  6:38:39 PM     quote: Originally posted by mwbpequod Clever stuff! Neatly done. But if the sides sag, wouldn't the lettering have also "sagged" proportionally? same comment quote: Then Bob added: “To fix the lettering. Maybe, layout the boards straight on some tape like when you painted them. Then add the lettering then move the boards to the warped sides? Just an idea Same suggestion Some rather parallel thinking going on here! Mega Dittos Karl Scribner Manistique, Michigan Edited by - k9wrangler on 04/21/2020 6:46:16 PM Country: USA | Posts: 11910 jbvb Fireman Premium Member Posted - 04/21/2020 :  6:59:19 PM       George, I had the thought "But suppose they repainted it after it developed the sag?" Alas, the next thought was "Pretty lazy shop foreman if they didn't bother to tighten the truss rods too" Country: USA | Posts: 6806 George D Moderator Premium Member Posted - 04/21/2020 :  9:12:56 PM     James, I'm going to try to redo the sides. If all else fails I still have the original sides and your story to go with it. George Fly Army Country: USA | Posts: 16793 wvrr Fireman Posted - 04/22/2020 :  11:31:52 AM       Cool project. You made me dig out my John Allen book and reread the story behind his swayback cars. You will need an extremely overweight HO scale conductor to ride on top! Chuck Country: | Posts: 6658 George D Moderator Premium Member Posted - 04/22/2020 :  1:01:33 PM     Chuck, I've thought about that. The only time I've messed with figures is cutting off limbs so they will fit in a passenger car. I'll have to try, but no promises. It would be a nice touch. 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