gman Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Stop me if this one is old news- I was reviewing older bookmarked sites for license plates, and found some usability issues with one I had used previously. I came across this site: http://platesmania.com/us/informer http://platesmania.com/ca/informer They have plates for the UK as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisBcritter Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 (edited) Numbers are close; font's a bit off (and all characters should be bolder). A decent effort. Edited June 24, 2020 by ChrisBcritter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gman Posted June 24, 2020 Author Share Posted June 24, 2020 (edited) https://www.acme.com/licensemaker/licensemaker.cgi?state=California&text=186+CGA&plate=1969&r=958110045 Here is the oher site I mention, for reference. Edited June 24, 2020 by gman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1972coronet Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 That's pretty good . The fonts do appear rather flat , especially since the rest of the licence plate has an ostensible light source from the upper-left . Certainly , in regard to the California plates , the fonts should be different starting with the blue & gold "series" from 1970 , and every ad seq. series . Given that these will likely be rendered in 1/25 - 1/24 scale , these little nuances likely will go unnoticed (especially the esoteric font change -- something that only a geek like me would notice) . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gman Posted June 25, 2020 Author Share Posted June 25, 2020 Being from the frozen north, I am mostly interested in the BC plates. The vanity, passenger car and truck series look close enough for my purposes. They are a decent starting point, and those well-versed in Photoshop could probably fine tune things further, either from one of the online license plate generators, or from a stock internet photo or one's own photo. Much easier than photo-reducing your own with a 35mm camera like I did in the old days. Print out your chosen generated or Photoshopped plate on photo paper, emboss characters from behind for raised details and install. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie8575 Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 Good to know. They have the proper commercial base for Massachusetts, at least from the late '80s forward. I wonder if they'll add more of the bases? Charlie Larkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattilacken Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 A great site also for European plates. Have done my Swidish US sized plates for my 454SS on there. I Was looking for this plate but could not find it, bummer since its a cool looking plate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOBLNG Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Too bad that one doesn’t have provinces too..😕 https://www.acme.com/licensemaker/licensemaker.cgi?state=Manitoba&text=ABC+123&plate=1997&r=38540633 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattilacken Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 14 minutes ago, NOBLNG said: Too bad that one doesn’t have provinces too..😕 https://www.acme.com/licensemaker/licensemaker.cgi?state=Manitoba&text=ABC+123&plate=1997&r=38540633 Does't the first one? Had many diferent plates at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOBLNG Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 51 minutes ago, Mattilacken said: Does't the first one? Had many diferent plates at least. My bad…I didn’t scroll backwards to the original post.🥴 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bytownshaker Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Greg you get all province's at https://www.acme.com/licensemaker/licensemaker.cgi? you just need to pick your province. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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