Replacement Plasticville Turnpike Sign

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<p>My O scale model train layout represents the section of the Pittsburgh &amp; Lake Erie Railroad between McKees Rocks and Youngstown.</p> <p>Once I had the replacement Frosty Bar Sign (<a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3159254">https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3159254</a>) done, it was a quick job to make a new sign for the Plasticville Turnpike.</p> <p>Since my layout represents the Pittsburgh &amp; Lake Erie between McKees Rocks and Youngstown, I wanted a turnpike entrance that made sense. The Pennsylvania Turnpike and its Beaver Valley Interchange are the nearest to the P&amp;LE track.</p> <p>So with the knowledge gained by doing the new Dairy Queen sign, I again used OpenSCAD and wrote a program to create a replacement turnpike sign. The first step was to measure each piece of the sign. Then I had to pick fonts for the letters. Again, not knowing what fonts Bachmann used, I looked for something close. This time I looked on "Goggle Fonts". You can Goggle that. I found a font called "Bungee" and used that for the interchange name. For the turnpike name, I stuck with "Arial".</p> <p>You can use the Customizer to make a new sign for your layout.</p> <p>More details on my 3D Print web page:</p> <p><a href="http://www.silogic.com/trains/3D%20Prints.html#Turnpike">http://www.silogic.com/trains/3D%20Prints.html#Turnpike</a></p> <p>My layout web page: <a href="http://www.silogic.com/trains/layout.html">http://www.silogic.com/trains/layout.html</a></p> Category: Buildings & Structures