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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
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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
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