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Re: 6-wide Canadian Pacific GE ES44AC
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Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:35:40 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Ondrew Hartigan wrote:
  
well well done. the model is seemingly simple but well executed. i think my only gripe would be your stickers. try putting clear box tape over your stickers before you cut them and apply them to your engine. this emulates the shineyness of lego stickers and tends to make printed colors match better.

ondrew

p.s the trick isin’t mine it’s something i learned from brian willams..

Thanks for the tip Ondrew, I was disapointed with the stickers my ink jet produced. I am going to try using one of the laser copiers at my work at some point as I had a much better (and shinier) match to the LEGO colours.

Chris


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Re: 6-wide Canadian Pacific GE ES44AC
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Mon, 12 Mar 2007 22:39:57 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Chris van Lottum wrote:
   In lugnet.trains, Ondrew Hartigan wrote:
  
well well done. the model is seemingly simple but well executed. i think my only gripe would be your stickers. try putting clear box tape over your stickers before you cut them and apply them to your engine. this emulates the shineyness of lego stickers and tends to make printed colors match better.

ondrew

p.s the trick isin’t mine it’s something i learned from brian willams..

Thanks for the tip Ondrew, I was disapointed with the stickers my ink jet produced. I am going to try using one of the laser copiers at my work at some point as I had a much better (and shinier) match to the LEGO colours.

Chris

An alternative is inkjet vinyl sticker sheet, avaialbe in clear and white. I find that this gives as good a look as official stickers, but the ink can be smudges with careless handling. The stuff I use is made by Folex.

Tim


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Re: 6-wide Canadian Pacific GE ES44AC
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Mon, 12 Mar 2007 22:46:41 GMT
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An alternative is inkjet vinyl sticker sheet,
avaialbe in clear and white. I
find that this gives as good a look as official
stickers, but the ink can be
smudges with careless handling. The stuff I use is
made by Folex.

Tim


onlinelabels.com has clear labels. I used them for
this effort:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=202996




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Subject: 
Re: 6-wide Canadian Pacific GE ES44AC
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Date: 
Mon, 12 Mar 2007 23:17:57 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Rich Stehnach wrote:
An alternative is inkjet vinyl sticker sheet,
avaialbe in clear and white. I
find that this gives as good a look as official
stickers, but the ink can be
smudges with careless handling. The stuff I use is
made by Folex.

Tim


onlinelabels.com has clear labels. I used them for
this effort:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=202996



Indeed, these clear labels are excellent.
I have seen them first-hand, and they look very nice.

later,

James Mathis


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Re: 6-wide Canadian Pacific GE ES44AC
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Date: 
Mon, 12 Mar 2007 23:37:07 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, James Mathis wrote:
In lugnet.trains, Rich Stehnach wrote:
An alternative is inkjet vinyl sticker sheet,
avaialbe in clear and white. I
find that this gives as good a look as official
stickers, but the ink can be
smudges with careless handling. The stuff I use is
made by Folex.

Tim


onlinelabels.com has clear labels. I used them for
this effort:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=202996



Indeed, these clear labels are excellent.
I have seen them first-hand, and they look very nice.

Come to think of it, So have I (there are some in the pictures of my prime
mover), and they are mighty fine, if a little time consuming to cut ;-)

later,

James Mathis


Thanks Guys

It's down to Staples for me this weekend :-)

Chris


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