An NSR Absolute Block instrument

SO far I have narrowed it down to 3 possibles....

HALIS ROUNDED BOLD

GROTA SANS ALT ROUNDED BOLD

CABRITO SAND NORM BOLD

Just working on a way to see if I can get them to display here

 

I’m just on snap break on night shift trying to down load them and install on the lap top..
Doesn’t help that I’m now using sons laptop as blew the other one up with overpowering the processor with 3D models!
And guess what.. we don’t have office installed..

So will see in 123D text picks up the fonts (should do as I installed the LMS Signalbox font! )

 

Grota Sans was the only one I could get to work….


It’s not perfect…
Looking at the left hand side, C is too rounded and there needs to be more spacing in the word LINE. But that is easily sorted..


noting here the middle of the E should tuck in slightly. I’m not sure re the D in down…. I have photos of at least 6 different block instrument faces and each one differs, so I wonder if it was what ever Letraset they had kicking about at the time
I may have to just settle on a close approx between them all and suck it..

 

The letraset reference was more a joke than genuine.. I’m aware it probably pre dates letraset rub on letters… just made me smile as someone elsewhere earlier on last night said that was how they restored theirs.
The larger lettering on mine that has been identified as being the wrong font looks to have been restored previously with Letraset as they are now cracking.. not something paint would have done.

 

The thing is, As i have said to Mossy, if it was hand painted we wont get an exact match, just a close approximation, and frankly so long as it doesnt look "too modern" as has been said else where re the current font used on some parts, I will be happy. It will likely never be that close to another example to be a side by side comparison, so as long as we have the dimensions about right (which I am more than confident Mossy has) and the text is in the correct place, I'll go with that.

One think Mossy and I haven't discussed is the actual colours of the red and green. We may at the moment be using the bank present colours on Fusion. And hen they may adjust slightly when printed. Its very much a guessing game at this point. But, get it right, and there may be others who may also wan copies to repair elsewhere. (this time next year rodders, we could be millionaires...)

 

47 next month. Christmas Day essential viewing as a kid.

(although I don’t remember Grandad first time round)

triggers Broom is may fave.. bit like this block instrument. It’s had two new tops… lol

 

Whilst waiting for other bits to happen, I have been playing with the computer version. This has enabled me to take a look at how it will look using @Mossy 's artwork that he has kindly drawn up for me so I can make new waterslide transfers for the front panel where the old ones have crumbled away.

Ive also added a signal box name plate. This is showing it with the glass removed.



And with glass.


Next is to draw up the metal cover bracket and the needle pointers to complete the front.

I'm sure that Rob, Mossy and Paul will be pleased to know that the fabric bump stops and the face plate holes were drawn in fusion 360 !! (i'm like BR, getting there!)

 

Isn’t that what we had suggested?