Decals for British Railways
Loco Headcode Panels

Configure Your Decals

To order these decals, please specify the information requested below to configure your set to your precise requirements, then click on the appropriate "Confirm Specification" button. Separate buttons are provided for ordering a sheet of headcode characters or a sheet of frame decals. A second page will then appear showing the details you've entered along with a button that will allow you to add the set to your basket. You will also have the opportunity to return to this page to make changes. If you wish to order both character and frame decals, you will need to add one sheet to your basket first, then return to this page to add the other. Your configuration settings should still be present on your return to this page.

Note: If you navigate away from this page before you have clicked on the "Confirm Specification" button, you may lose any information you have entered.

Basic Configuration

The price is £9.50 for each sheet of a specific configuration, characters or frames. If you order more than one sheet, the additional sheets after the first will each attract my standard multi-buy decals discount of £2.50. To order multiple character or frame sheets of a specific configuration, add one character and/or frame sheet to your basket, then use the controls there to increase the quantity.

Where a size is requested, please include the units of measurement: if you use feet and/or inches, these will be assumed to refer to the prototype size and will be scaled accordingly. If you use cm/mm, these will be assumed to refer to the model size and used as is.

As described above, this is the size of an individual character aperture.

Headcode Characters

Note: The sheet types are available in the following scales:

  • A: 1:22.5 or smaller
  • B, C: 16mm or smaller
  • D: 7mm or smaller
These limits assume an aperture size no larger than the default 15in x 9in.

Frame Decals

A 4-character panel with central divider is the same as the twin 2-character panels for frame design, just mount the two frames appropriately close together.

If the frame is tapered vertically and/or horizontally, please give two dimensions for minimum and maximum width and/or height as marked by the red arrows in some of the illustrations above. Tapers are measured assuming zero corner radii. A tapered height is assumed to be symmetrical, highest in the centre and with equal tapers top and bottom. A tapered width is assumed to be widest at the bottom and narrowest at the top. The apertures will be centred vertically and horizontally within the frame. If you require different taper configurations, please specify using the additional instructions box below.

Set to zero for no rounded corners. The examples illustrated above have a corner radius of 3in.

The distance between edges of adjacent apertures.

Additional Instructions

In some cases, the options provided above may not be sufficient to capture the frame layout or combination of characters you require. Please enter additional instructions here to clarify what you want. If you have a clear prototype photo, say so here and I'll send you an e-mail address to send it to.

This label identifies this particular decals configuration in your basket, in case you wish to order decals for more than one configuration. The uniqueness of this label is important because if you add two different headcode decal sets with the same label to your basket the more recent specification will overwrite the old. You can, however, use this feature to update the specification of decals you have already added to your basket. The label you enter will be automatically prefixed with "Headcode Chars " or "Headcode Frames ".

Once you have selected the appropriate options above to configure your set of decals, click on "Confirm Specification" below to proceed to the next stage of the ordering process. (This will also temporarily store the information you've entered should wish to navigate away to another page.) You will then be taken to another page showing the information you've entered and giving the overall price for your decal set(s). You will then be able to either add a sheet of characters or frames to your order, or return to this page to change your specification.