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Making licence plates for 1/25 scale vehicles

Licence plates are an easy-to-make detail for 1/25 scale trucks, cars and bikes - and "rolling your own" is especially useful if you are building a model of a specific vehicle. 0:20 This photo was sent to me by a fellow truck enthusiast over ten years ago and I finally am working on a model inspired by it. 0:30 This image is actually a scan of a printed photo (remember prints, negatives, and slides?) so there is some loss of image quality when zoomed in however the Ontario licence plate CW7 589 is legible, and the two smaller plates can also be made out: 22K and 646K. 0:49 An old CAD program (in the 25+ year old category but still works) is what I use to make a drawing of licence plates needed. I set scale to match the model, 1/25 here, and start with a rectangle the size of a licence plate which is 6" x 12" (152 mm x 305 mm). Selection of fonts is varied enough that I have always been able to find a "close enough" match. Red P.C.V. plates are slightly smaller at 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" (140 mm x 215 mm). Locations for mounting bolt holes are marked with filled-in ovals or circles. 1:59 P.C.V. stands for Public Commercial Vehicle. These plates were a common sight on Ontario trucks until the trucking industry was deregulated in the late 1980's. The letter code, K in this example, indicated what type of commodity the carrier could haul. Much like the multicoloured fuel tax stickers seen on US trucks until the mid 1990's, P.C.V. plates help identify and Ontario truck and the approximate era a photo may have been taken. 2:31 Finished drawing is printed on glossy photo paper. I usually use 3" x 5" as the plates are quite small. Set print quality to "High". 2:46 New hobby knife blade and straightedge, used on a backing surface like thick cardboard, are the best way to cut licence plates from the photo paper. 3:04 Rounded corners can be simulated in "close enough" fashion by making careful 45 degree cuts on each corner. 3:21 Dressmaker's pin with head cut off and chucked in a pin vise is a simple tool for making mounting holes. 3:32 Printed circles or ovals locate holes, and pushing pin through into thick cardboard backing results in a clean hole. 3:45 Many licence plates get mounted with only the top two bolts and often show a slight bend. This can be simulated by pre-bending model licence plate before gluing to desired surface, in this example the truck's front bumper. 4:03 When the glue has cured (I use Micro Scale's Micro Krystal Kleer for many applications including attaching plates because it dries clear and is easily cleaned up before it cures if excess does squeeze out) drill through the mounting surface and simulate fasteners with either rivet heads (Tichy Train group # 8018, .025") for round head screws or small nut/bolt/washer castings (Tichy Train group # 8016) for bolts. 4:19 On many trucks the rear licence plate is attached with top two bolts to a small bracket on bottom of tail light... 4:30...which often results in plate getting bent. Some plates end up looking quite wrinkled... 4:42...which I wanted to show on this model. Simply crumple up the photo paper licence plate into something resembling a ball... 4:56...then flatten it back out again! Punch holes and plate is ready for use. Be careful not to damage the plate too much or it will become an out-of-service violation in whatever scale you are modelling in... 5:25 Silver paint on visible back surface of plate simulates aluminum the real plate would be made from. 5:37 CAD program can also be used if you can take a photo of a specific licence plate you want to replicate. This F-250 is a welding truck owned by a company I worked for several career changes ago. 5:52 Knowing I would like to build a model of it someday, I took a picture of the licence plate back in 2013. Ideally I should have been more straight on however the image can be straightened with basic photo editing software. Instead of adding text inside the scale 6" x 12" rectangle on the CAD drawing, use the "Draw Photo" or similar option and paste image inside the rectangle. It will fit image to the boundaries set by rectangle and result in an exact copy of the 1:1 plate... 6:31...as seen in front view. 6:47 Kit-provided licence plate decals can also be made in a similar manner. Instead of applying the plate as a decal... 7:00...simply cut out and punch holes the same way photo paper ones are made. This added thickness looks more convincing than applying a decal directly to surface of model. #scalemodelling #modeltrucks #scalemodeltrucks #truckmodels