Plaques for dioramas

Trophy shops can make whatever you want in a plaque.

They can also be ordered online from places like this:

https://www.united-states-flag.com/enbrpl.html

A web search for 'engraved plates' should turn up a host of possibilities.

I make my own, i find the engraved brass one expensive in the UK and by doing my own i can add peronal touches. I just make them up on paint.net and print them out on card. I then cut out a piece of balsa to match the card, stain it, cover the card in fablon and attach.

Here are a couple of mine, as you can see i add flags and emblems relevant to the subject.

I have also downloaded a range of fonts to match subjects.

Wow Bish! Those look really nice! The flags and emblems on the sides are a nice embellishment!

Thank you for the lead Gregbale! I am very appreciative of everyone’s ideas. 

Bish

I make my own, i find the engraved brass one expensive in the UK and by doing my own i can add peronal touches. I just make them up on paint.net and print them out on card. I then cut out a piece of balsa to match the card, stain it, cover the card in fablon and attach. Here are a couple of mine, as you can see i add flags and emblems relevant to the subject.

I, too, am a big fan of Bish's method. With the ease of computer graphics, you can rather easily do some quite striking name-plates.

Here's my personal favorite---from a sadly now-defunct Lindberg Bismarck---showing a 'before and after.' All done up in a few minutes in nothing more complicated than MS-Paint:

gregbale

 

 

Bish

I make my own, i find the engraved brass one expensive in the UK and by doing my own i can add peronal touches. I just make them up on paint.net and print them out on card. I then cut out a piece of balsa to match the card, stain it, cover the card in fablon and attach. Here are a couple of mine, as you can see i add flags and emblems relevant to the subject.

 

 

I, too, am a big fan of Bish's method. With the ease of computer graphics, you can rather easily do some quite striking name-plates.

Here's my personal favorite---from a sadly now-defunct Lindberg Bismarck---showing a 'before and after.' All done up in a few minutes in nothing more complicated than MS-Paint:

 

Now that i really like. I have been trying to think of somthing special for when i do my Revell kit. That is awsome, i may well be stealing that idea Greg.

I use U.S.Brass Shop for my name plates. They are very fast and very reasonable.

https://www.usbrassshop.com/

I've been printing my name plates since I discoved my printer. I add a piece of clear plastic overlay cut to size and secure it with decorative furniture tacks.  

         And sometimes I put smileys on them too.

There are many more endless styles to make yourself a unique display

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Bish

, i find the engraved brass one expensive in the UK

This is an important point.

Here in the US, we are somewhat 'spoiled' in that every city or town will have a trophy shop which is turning out kid's sports plaques and trophies, ciis awards, adult sports awards, school sports awards and the like.  That volume means one-offs can be had relatively cheaply.

There's a shop near me that can turn out a black on any of their stock metal colors (chrome, gold, brass, bronze, copper, & black) of anyartwork I supply, and the price is per the area of the metal. 

We did a Recognition of Service plaqu for one of the Reserve unit members, 7" x 9" (19x23cm) on a stained wood plaque for all of $20 (±£17).  The laser-engraved retirement plaque we did which was 12x 9 (30x23cm) was a whopping $25, mostly for doing a full-color applique as part of the "second pass" printing.

That being said, I have used the printer and high-quality cardstock to identify things.  Or to add reference photos.  I've also used home photo-etch kits, too.

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Wow Bish! Those look really nice! The flags and emblems on the sides are a nice embellishment!

 

Thanks, though i can't take credit myself. I saw a couple of other guys doing similar things a few years back. I just apadted it to suit my own needs.