From the drawing office
Working your number plate
into the art
Ask anyone why they want a blueprint of their car rather than a generic poster, and the answer is almost always the same: the plate. That little string of characters is what makes a drawing unmistakably yours.
What we can work in
It doesn’t have to be a number plate. Depending on the machine, people ask us to include:
- A car’s registration plate, set at the front of the drawing.
- An aircraft’s tail number or squadron markings.
- A boat’s name or hull identification.
- A locomotive’s running number or nameplate.
How to choose what to include
Our advice is to pick the one detail that tells the story. A first car, a restored classic, a plane someone flew — the most meaningful piece is usually obvious once you say it out loud.
The drawing is the machine. The detail is the memory.
You’ll always see it first
Whatever you choose, it appears on the preview we send before printing — so you can check every character is exactly right before a single sheet is printed.