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Re: More sticker/decal talk
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.general
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Fri, 27 Apr 2001 14:59:37 GMT
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cmasi@cmasi.chem.tulane.!saynotospam!edu
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sebarile-MOBL wrote:
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> Bare-Metal Foil Co. = http://www.bare-metal.com
>
> Also the pics at the URLs below are decaled with Microscale Decals not
> custom; I can't print white :(
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> SteveB
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> In lugnet.trains, Jake McKee writes:
> > Steve,
> >
> > Thanks for the info!
> >
> > I think I am going to go try to pick up a sample sheet this weekend to try
> > out. Can you send me the name of the product? If it works for me, I am all
> > over the bulk buy!
> >
> > Jake
> > ---
> >
> > AFOL LUGNET Member 211
> >
> > In lugnet.trains, Steven Barile writes:
> > > It's like fishing for Halibut, ya gotta leave the bait out for a long time!
> > > :) Thanks for picking up this thread!
> > >
> > > I have been moving forward on this topic. Sorry that I didn't update the
> > > group but with no response I wasn't sure there was any interest.
> > >
> > > Anyway... I have used micro scale water slide decals on several MOCs (see
> > > below) and really like them much better than "stickers". They start out sort
> > > of floating but then literally disappears after drying. My experience is
> > > that the clear Avery mailing labels are crap, like Eric said. Then I tried
> > > the sticky back architecture film for inkjets (high brow stuff from art
> > > supply store) this was better and we ship this with the BricWorx 400 series
> > > coaches. However if you slide your finger across it with medium pressure it
> > > can smear the inkjet ink.
> > >
> > > Break thru: In the last few days I found clear water slide decals at my
> > > local hobby store. Only trouble with these is that you *cannot* use an
> > > inkjet printer unless you spray the decal with some sealer, yada yada,
> > > yada... I did print on them with an HP laser printer and it worked fine. But
> > > in black only. The laser toner printing is a matte finish, kinda dull, but
> > > does not come off in water!
> > >
> > > I have access to a nice Tektronix 840 color thermal wax printer. And boy is
> > > it cool! The ink (wax) is shinny and a bit raised. The decal sheets ran thru
> > > it fine. Whoopee!
> > >
> > > The rest of the story -- Fonts/ding-bats...
> > > Although you can create logos and the like in many vector or raster paint
> > > programs there's nothing like work already done. So I bought a font from
> > > www.railfonts.com called Modern Heralds (see URL below) for $14, well worth
> > > the money! The great thing about fonts is that they are scale-able so you
> > > don't get jaggy edges. Also there are tons of free fonts on the web, some of
> > > which are called ding-bats; each key maps to a sign or icon, very useful!
> > >
> > > CALLING ALL DECALERS!
> > > Back to the clear decals. On the package was the factory name and number and
> > > it said call for bulk pricing, so I did. It is $1.50 per page at quantity 50
> > > or more. I'm looking to split this 2 or 3 ways, anyone interested? BTW the
> > > single sheet price at the hobby store was $2.50! This is a good price, I
> > > have been looking for a while.
> > >
> > > SteveB
> > >
> > > Modern Heralds Font sample = http://www.railfonts.com/Samples/rrhmod-demo.gif
> > >
> > > MOCs with Micro-scale water slide decals:
> > > http://www.pnltc.org/EngDE_SB_ChesTrio.jpg
> > > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=7953
> > > http://www.pnltc.org/imgGal_BN_swtch2.jpg
> > > http://www.pnltc.org/EngSW_SB_LIRR.jpg
Bare metal foil! So, who will be the first person to make a shiny aluminum
stream liner (not me).
Chris
--
See some of my LEGO creations at http://cmasi.chem.tulane.edu/~lego/
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