Decals

i have seen those too but not used them yet. It would be cool if they worked good

Hi,

I have seen similar adv too but have not tried once.

However, I have bought "custom decals" from a producer who is in the UK. All I have done were to prepare the artwork in bmp or jpg, send them over e-mails, and pay the cost. I think the producer did not use inkjet printer to print the custom decals because my order was mainly in chrome silver colour. The quality is excellent. See below (focus on the chrome silver "VOLVO" on the umbrella!)



Should you need the contact point of the producer in the UK, send me an email. (I suppose it is not allowed to post commerical on this forum.)

QUOTE: Originally posted by lokalex Should you need the contact point of the producer in the UK, send me an email. (I suppose it is not allowed to post commerical on this forum.)

Nothing wrong with recommending a supplier that you have found to provide the service you are after or will go the extra mile. People are very easy to name bad companies we should also name good companies. If you are the owner then there would be commercial conflict but otherwise why not? Lots of people have recommended various hobby shps around the world so I see nothing wrong with you doing so for this company.

Hi,

The producer in the UK can be reached from www.paulrobsonmodels.co.uk where I have also bought some right-hand-drive dashboards for my 1:43 diecast Volvo S70 and 850s.

Ihave tried it, but obviously it didn't work with my printer (HP 650 C), the ink just didn't dry well.
However, the better way to use them would be designing your decals, printing them on regular paper and then go with your design and you blank decalpaper to a copycenter, and then copy your design to the decalpaper.

Keep in mind that you can not print white (unless you've got an ALPS) so you have two kinds of that decal paper available ; "white" and "transparant".

Oh, almost forgot ; after you have your design on the decalpaper you need to seal it with liquid decal, avalable from (amongst others) MicroScale.

I have an HP 670C which is of poorer quality compared to newer models. However, keep experimenting with paper/quality settings and you should get presentable results. I found that you can wipe iff the ink with a wet paper towel and try again. And I had better luck sealing the ink with several light coats of Testors DullCote in a can at four hour intervals than with the Micro decal film.