FEC/AOKX Ortner Project!!!

[ZachBell4400]

So, aside from my contemporary BNSF Hinckley Sub route progress, I'm starting a side gig on repainting/renumbering some Florida East Coast Railway (FECR) and Greenbrier International (AOKX) 2,107 cubic foot Ortner hoppers using the CSX_2107_Ortner shape from TrainSimulations' CSXT Rock Runner set. Some of the grey AOKX hoppers were seen pushed into storage on the Saint Croix Valley Railroad (SCXY). I wasn't too sure if the FEC paint would fit onto the shape or if the other shape would be deemed a better fit. So I did what I thought was useful. Although I would like to see the Florida East Coast for OpenRails.

[pwillard]

I think many of the red FEC Ortner's are carrying this imagery , based on some online searches I've seen. So I did a quick font layout of it.

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[pwillard]

For example:

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[johnnyboy99]

I would kill to see the following typefaces:
private owner hoppers (1940's-2000's) (probably will be multiple sets)
NW freight cars (1950's-1980's)
SOU freight cars (1950's-1980's)
DTI freight cars (1960's-1980's)
another set like BNSFDEMO with more stuff (GN, NP, SPS, CBQ, BN, SLSF freight/passenger stuff)
UP freight/passenger car lettering (1940's-present)
IPD boxcars
1940's-1980's reefers
SP freight car lettering (1940's-1990's)
NACC boxcar lettering (1950's-1970's)
Canadian covered hoppers (Canada Wheat Board, Alberta, private owners like LaFarge, etc.)
class II-III freight cars (WCRC, TASB, ASAB, ADN, etc.)
Illinois Terminal freight cars

any other good ideas?

[pwillard]

That's a lot of "ask" and a huge hijack of an FEC Ortner thread.

I'm working on modern Atlantic Coast Line and FEC at the moment. I'm pretty sure I've done one for Southern Freight.

I'm also pretty sure DTI and SP are out there and I have no idea what you mean regarding "more stuff (GN, NP, SPS, CBQ, BN, SLSF freight/passenger stuff)"

[Erick_Cantu]

I would kill to see the following typefaces:

If you're willing to kill, then surely you're also willing to expend much less effort to download FontForge: https://fontforge.org/en-US/

[R. Steele]

any other good ideas?

Yup. hijack a thread again with an ask like that and you'll get banned! [ Follow Erick's advice and respect other's threads. ]

[pwillard]

OK, I know I do mock-up projects for "practice" (I need it) but sometimes things get carried away... I didn't really intend to even go this far... I was want to just come up with a mock shape to test the "decal" font. (It must be that I'm not well... since I seem to ask for this punishment... knowing I'll never finish it.)

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[jbtower]

[QUOTE=pwillard;n2313750]OK, (It must be that I'm not well... since I seem to ask for this punishment... knowing I'll never finish it.)

After all these years Pete you finally come clean...lol

[pwillard]

Well, I did learn something new. How to make a grate that is 3000 faces instead of 56K.

[ZachBell4400]

Not bad for a starter.