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I was needing some draft markings and couldn't find what I wanted, so I figured that I would make the decals myself, then it occurred to me that they need to be white and the printers response to white is usually to leave it blank. Anyone have any insight how to overcome this problem?
Use white decal paper?
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Unless you have access to an ALPS type, or one of the newer printers that actually prints white inks, your options are severely limited. You could try printing the numbers out on white decal stock, surrounded by something close to the background color, but as forum-member and home-printing decal guru Don Stauffer has pointed out, even if you get the background color tone right, matching the saturation levels is nearly impossible. When I can, I just paint the background color around the white characters on the printed decal (before it is cut out and applied), but for draft numbers that's not much of an option.
Greg
George Lewis:
Look around for dry transfers. They can be pretty useful.
Modeling is an excuse to buy books.
Thanks for the help all. The dry transfers look like the way to go, and Archer seems to be the place to go for them.
What scale?
Hawk Graphics makes sheets of white & black draft marks in several scales
I use dry transfers myself. While I have made white decals, it is a real test of the home decal makers skill, and I would not attempt doing draft marks as decals. There is a good selection of fonts and sizes in dry transfers. Now, there is one hybrid approach. It is sometimes hard to apply dry transfers to a small ship model. I have applied dry transfers to a clear decal sheet, cut out the area and applied as a regular decal. Putting the dry transfers down on the decal sheet while it is resting on a stable, large surface is much easier than applying it directly to hull.
Don Stauffer in Minnesota
Don: Archer has a great how to video to do just that, but i can't seem to find the classic roman numerals. And although Hawk has them (thanks Ed) I need them in 1/96 scale, also which I cant seem to find, ergo my thinking that I would have to make them myself.. I will double check both sites again tho. Thanks so much for your input. It's been a great help.
arnie60 And although Hawk has them (thanks Ed) I need them in 1/96 scale, also which I cant seem to find, ergo my thinking that I would have to make them myself.
And although Hawk has them (thanks Ed) I need them in 1/96 scale, also which I cant seem to find, ergo my thinking that I would have to make them myself.
Apparently Hawk does 1/96 as well. Floating Drydock has them listed as product #HD9608.
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Doh! How the heck did I not see these on the Hawk site? $21 on HG, $23 on FD, either way a bit spendy for two sheets that I will only use the draft markings from. Thanks for removing my blind spot.
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