Any suggestions for pad printers and custom painters for O gauge trains?
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Good question. I have some custom painted Lionel 607/608 cars that I want pad printed myself.
Christine Braden does custom painting (and is well known on this forum), but, unfortunately, her husband passed away just recently. Not sure if she's accepting any new clients right now, but it never hurts to ask. You can try reaching her at cbraden77@comcast.net
Chuck
@PRR1950 posted:Christine Braden does custom painting (and is well known on this forum), but, unfortunately, her husband passed away just recently. Not sure if she's accepting any new clients right now, but it never hurts to ask. You can try reaching her at cbraden77@comcast.net
Chuck
Christine's Facebook page is no longer there.
I was looking at the idea of pad printing for our train club for a custom run of cars. I checked with some local shops that do pad printing for a variety of items. It looks feasible but very expensive for a small run. The main cost is the set up and production of the pad for printing! Much easier and cheaper to use decals. There are a variety of decals companies advertised in OGR that you can try. I have successfully printed decals on my home ink jet printer on I use Experts Choice decal paper with good results.
Mr Muffins trains has Harry doing custom painting for him. He has zoom meetings Tuesday nights with Harry showing painting and decaling techniques and demos. You could get something painted by him if you are not up to doing it yourself.
