I know that Letraset still produces rub-on letters in varios sizes, scripts and colors. Back in the late 60’s and 70’s there was a line of Letraset rub-on decals in standard scales for model aircraft, armor and railroads. They were great, none of the mess of regular decals, no need to overcoat because there was no film and nothing to clean up.
My question is this, is the current producer of Letraset letters the same company that produced the decals and if so do they still produce a line of decals? Possibly in England or Europe?
Technically they aren’t decals, but are called dry transfers. Company’s get bought and sold on a regular basis so I don’t know if Letraset is still the same Co. from 30 years ago. I haven’t seen any of the AC markings in a long, long time, but I have seen their HO MRR transfers in RailRoad specialty shops. One of the British mags has been running ads from a source that is selling Letraset AC markings, but I suspect that is 20-30 year old stock. The big drawback to the Letraset dry transfers was shelf life. Unlike decals which can last a very long time if properly stored, the inks used as the basis for dry transfers tend to dry out relatively quickly. There is a Co. making dry transfers for model Armor, I think called Archer, but I don’t build much Armor and have never used them.