Anyone seen or tried this yet? http://www.supercaldecals.com/super3.html http://www.paper-paper.com/WhiteLetter-inst.html
I think that someone used this product and posted at either Atlas or here. From the picture of the results, it looked fuzzy to me.
That's exactly what I have been told. However, it was not clear if it was due to the original ink spreading or the powder compound itself. It's not the cheapest thing to experiment with, so that discouraged me from buying the package.
Well Boys and Girls when......................... ..............the ALPS MD1000's and the MD5000's have used up all of the available White Ribbon ink, this may be the next best option!!!! I have not heard of this stuff before, but I would be willing to play with it to see what it can and cannot do. But, till I run out of white ALPS ribbon, 17 cartridges to go, I'll wait. Thanks for the links!!!!!! Hobo Tim
hobo tim i have 'bout 60 white ones and 200 colored ones. along with 3 md-5000 (one is brand new). this should last for a while. in case you need more cartridges then let me know. i have a secret source for new and original alps cartridges. they even stock white. ;-)
One thing I've done is print out a top decal on clear decal paper with a background that matches the paint, then lay it over a white decal paper. Here's a Mopac sawblade & eagle cab logo I did this way on three of my O-scale GP15s: The number boards were also printed on clear decal film and placed over white backgrounds. I also did the EMD builders plate on clear decal paper knowing that it would be highlighted by the white sill stripe.
You gotta be kidding! That is amazing! I don't think I could ever get it to register (align) that well. How did you match the Jenks blue?
Hey Flash! Well, I got lucky on the Jenks blue. I used Visio to build the logo from a MoPac JPG I found on the internet that closely matched the Modelflex MoPac blue. I changed the "mo-pac" to make it more visible on printing and added the "58" maintenance code (for GP15s). It took some time to find the right fonts and tweak the spacing between characters. I believe I could have matched the blue by testing various custom colors if I had to. I figured that a small difference in blue was OK, since the prototype cab logos were rectangular 3M decals printed on blue and can be seen on closer inspection. The white rectangular underlay was cut just a hair smaller than the blue printed logo. It took some time to align the layers, but well worth the effort as it saved me $$$ in custom decal printing costs. Hey Microscale, you readin' this? If you know any MoPac fans needing O-Scale cab logos & hood numbers, send them my way!
I agree - that's a great match job. I played around a few times with paint matching... for using the printer, I ended up printing a gradient rectangle with the shades I thought would be "in range." Then I compared the printout to the paint, marked the best match, then used the color picker in my graphics software to pluck out the color from the gradient in the spot that matched. Would be interested in seing if anyone else has used this method for these type of decals?? Regards, -Mike
Tim- You are a better man than I, Gunga Din. I messed around with trying to match the background color to the care using white decal paper for a few months last year and failed. Congratulations. It is a better match than on Concentration.
