Where do you get your etched works / loco nameplates from?

[Jamie Davis]

Hello all. Just putting up  this post to ask, where do you source miniature builders plates / nameplates for your locomotive models..? I am looking for a set of Tralee and Dingle plates for a model. I was planning on going to the UK based Light Railway Stores website and customise some of their selection to resemble the plates locomotive 5T had in her running preserved years. I've now discovered they dont ship to Ireland anymore, due to Brexit I imagine. So that leaves the question. Where can I find etched plates for my models that are either made in or ship to Ireland. Thanks all. Photos attached of the plates I wanted to replicate. Cheers.

[Galteemore]

Diane Carney worth a try ? 

[GSR 800]

Light Railway Stores do excellent custom etching, everything from name, number and works plates to headboards

[Horsetan]

1 hour ago, Jamie Davis said:

.....I was planning on going to the UK based Light Railway Stores website and customise some of their selection to resemble the plates locomotive 5T had in her running preserved years. I've now discovered they don't ship to Ireland anymore, due to Brexit I imagine.....

 

59 minutes ago, GSR 800 said:

Light Railway Stores do excellent custom etching, everything from name, number and works plates to headboards

 

Hmmm......

[Mol_PMB]

Etched nameplates are very small and flat, would fit easily in a letter. Get them sent to a friend/relative/fellow forum member in the UK first? 

[GSR 800]

3 minutes ago, Horsetan said:

 

 

Hmmm......

Very strange indeed, considering they shipped to me last year.

 

[Horsetan]

Just now, GSR 800 said:

Very strange indeed, considering they shipped to me last year.

Probably didn't want the hassle of international post anymore.

[GSR 800]

2 minutes ago, Horsetan said:

Probably didn't want the hassle of international post anymore.

Website still says international shipping is offered, may not be up to date, though.

 

[Tullygrainey]

I tried to order from Light Railway Stores a few months ago having often used them in the past. Got right to the end of the ordering process without any trouble but was then told that they didn't ship to my address (Northern Ireland). I'm assuming the Brexit regs are to blame. I've had the same difficulties recently with a number of other suppliers who made it clear on their websites that Brexit regs were the reason.