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Post by DavyJones on Apr 5, 2018 15:27:23 GMT -5
Decals hand drawn on illustrator and printed at home   |
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Post by DavyJones on Apr 5, 2018 15:28:31 GMT -5
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Post by DavyJones on Apr 5, 2018 15:28:52 GMT -5
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Post by DAZed on Apr 5, 2018 15:47:30 GMT -5
Nice job. Great scheme.
The shop hand that painted the SP on the fireman's side must have already given up on the merger. :-) (If you haven't set the decals yet, you might want to look at the placement of the SP letters on the left side of the loco.)
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Post by DavyJones on Apr 5, 2018 16:07:35 GMT -5
Nice job. Great scheme. The shop hand that painted the SP on the fireman's side must have already given up on the merger. :-) (If you haven't set the decals yet, you might want to look at the placement of the SP letters on the left side of the loco.) Ughhhhhhhhhhhhh. I looked at dozens of pictures and didn’t catch that! Now I have to fix it |
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Post by DavyJones on Apr 5, 2018 19:09:33 GMT -5
Body has been stripped and repainted. Updated pictures tomorrow....stupid mistake. I have no issue doing a repaint. Sometimes that’s what takes me so long. I don’t want to send something out the door that I’m not happy with.
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Post by DavyJones on Apr 5, 2018 20:30:18 GMT -5
The yellow SP isn’t a decal. It’s yellow paint. I made a clear decal with red outline to go over it. It wasn’t as simple as just removing a decal
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Post by Commodore on Apr 5, 2018 20:41:44 GMT -5
The yellow SP isn’t a decal. It’s yellow paint. I made a clear decal with red outline to go over it. It wasn’t a serious simple as just removing a decal . Novel method. Good idea. |
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Post by DavyJones on Apr 5, 2018 21:57:15 GMT -5
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Post by DavyJones on Apr 5, 2018 21:57:59 GMT -5
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Post by DAZed on Apr 5, 2018 22:21:52 GMT -5
Sorry, didn't mean to cause you so much consternation. But, I would have wanted someone to tell me that.
It looks very nice and very correct now. Great work as always.
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Post by DavyJones on Apr 5, 2018 22:24:46 GMT -5
Sorry, didn't mean to cause you so much consternation. But, I would have wanted someone to tell me that. It looks very nice and very correct now. Great work as always. I’m glad you brought it up. I want to make an accurate model. |
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Post by markm on Apr 5, 2018 23:04:33 GMT -5
The yellow SP isn’t a decal. It’s yellow paint. I made a clear decal with red outline to go over it. It wasn’t a serious simple as just removing a decal . Novel method. Good idea. Yes, it's a good technique for doing white lettering if you don't have a scarce white ink printer and want to avoid fixing the thin white line around white decal stock. Mark |
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Post by DavyJones on Apr 5, 2018 23:14:40 GMT -5
I have an alps printer so making the decals isn’t too hard. I have quite a few railroad fonts and logos but some have to be drawn and that is where it gets tricky. I have to draw it in illustrator, save it as a pdf on a thumb drive, upload it to my old desktop that runs the printer. A lot of decals can be done in a Word program. I’ve used the clear decal method before with a few Rio grande engines. The alps printer doesn’t print orange.
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Post by Commodore on Apr 7, 2018 9:04:19 GMT -5
I have an alps printer so making the decals isn’t too hard. I have quite a few railroad fonts and logos but some have to be drawn and that is where it gets tricky. I have to draw it in illustrator, save it as a pdf on a thumb drive, upload it to my old desktop that runs the printer. A lot of decals can be done in a Word program. I’ve used the clear decal method before with a few Rio grande engines. The alps printer doesn’t print orange. . Your results are well worth the effort. I bought a two color pad printer (that remains in the crate) because of wanting to achieve those results. Good job. |
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