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Re: D&RGW coach set
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 29 Mar 2005 23:45:11 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Steven Barile wrote:
> I LOVE constructive criticism!!!!! I really appreciate the time and effort that
> it takes!
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> This is my first time using stickers rather than water slide decals and I kind
> of don't like them! So you obviously picked up on that vibe. I have some
> techniques to adhere them straight but to get it absolutely right it's nearly
> impossible. In fact all those brick lines really exacerbate the issue. To make
> matters worse the invisible background is very visible, especially with certain
> light glare. It seems that even if the text is straight relative to the train
> lines but the sticker is not cut straight relative to the text then it looks
> crooked even though the text is straight; sort of a no win situation. Maybe I'll
> go back to water slide decals where you can micro adjust them during application
> and the background is nearly transparent, they do tend to scratch far too easily
> though.
One thing I did to get them straight was to make the sticker the height of a
whole brick (I was sticking them on whole bricks), I printed cut lines on the
sticker sheets to make sure that the lettering was straight on the sticker.
I know what you mean about the shine of the clear bits, again I found that
having the sticker going to edge of the brick helped reduce the visual affect of
it.
Tim
tim
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| I LOVE constructive criticism!!!!! I really appreciate the time and effort that it takes! This is my first time using stickers rather than water slide decals and I kind of don't like them! So you obviously picked up on that vibe. I have some (...) (20 years ago, 29-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains)
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