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Decals
Aug 2, 2016 6:53:49 GMT -5
Post by QcKraag on Aug 2, 2016 6:53:49 GMT -5
Is there a supplier for z scale decals that can do either cp rail or cn?
is it easier to buy wet transfer decal sheets and go down to my local professional printers and grt him to print the logos out in the right scale with a white ink printer?
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Post by cwrr on Aug 2, 2016 9:50:31 GMT -5
I wish there were more decal makers out there......
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Post by markm on Aug 2, 2016 10:42:48 GMT -5
A couple of thoughts.
Sometimes you can borrow from decal sets for larger scales. For example, Microscale makes an HO decal set with a WP door logo that's just the right size for a Z tender. This can take some time scanning their database and measuring decals in the store, but it is a solution.
I've dealt with Shawmut Car Shops (www.shwmutcarshops.com) They are licensed for UP & CSX. BTW: the logos and lettering are trademarked/copyrighted items, licensing may limit the people that want to make decals commercially.
If you make them yourself, you don't necessarily need white. I'll paint a background white and make a negative masking decal. Doesn't work in all cases, but it's just another tool.
Mark
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Decals
Aug 2, 2016 23:11:02 GMT -5
Post by cwrr on Aug 2, 2016 23:11:02 GMT -5
Yup, done that some with my Milwaukee Road. Always getting N-scale ones for some I need.
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ZFRANK
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If you can't get it.....build it yourself....
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Decals
Aug 5, 2016 8:35:33 GMT -5
Post by ZFRANK on Aug 5, 2016 8:35:33 GMT -5
I draw my decals in open office draw to real size and export to an uncompressed PDF. Tutorials how to use open office draw are in the internet. ...it is time consuming. With a simple BW ink jet printer you can print them on decal paper in black. If you have a steady hand you can fill collour with a microbrush or sharp toothpick. After paint has dried you can apply the same decal again to clean up the contours. If you need white decals you can do the same, only find a copy service who has a Oki laser printer which can print white (they replace the black drum for a white drum, as I understood). The black pdf wil be printed white. Colour laser primnts will only work for larger size and surface should be white to get the right colour. Next image shows my scratchbuild caboose, where I have used the layerd decals with hand painted blue and white in the D&RGW logo. Same for the white numbers whiche are painted on, afterwards the black decal with transperant numbers is applied. So you can do a lot yourself already. But need to work with a drawing program which can generate the print files which have enough detail. Also you have to experiment with drawings (changing line thickness etc..) until the right result is printed. Further more, if the result looks good as seen from one foot distance, you might be ok in my opinion.
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