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Scott
With Rail Graphics shut down what are we left with to print custom decals? I am talking just a few sheets like what Rail Graphics did? I need them in white so it rules out me trying to print them at home.
Thanks Scott McDonald
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Don’t know why white rules out printing at home. The Ghost White toner for a color laser printer works fine for me at home.
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On Jan 10, 2018, at 7:59 PM, repairman87@... [STMFC] <STMFC@...> wrote:
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Don Burn
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From: STMFC@yahoogroups.com [mailto:STMFC@yahoogroups.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 7:59 PM To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com Subject: [STMFC] Custom Decals With Rail Graphics shut down what are we left with to print custom decals? I am talking just a few sheets like what Rail Graphics did? I need them in white so it rules out me trying to print them at home. Thanks Scott McDonald ------------------------------------ Posted by: repairman87@hotmail.com ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ Yahoo Groups Links
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hubert mask
Do you have the art work complete?
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I assume you do if you are just needing print
Contact me off list.
Hubert Mask
Mask Island Decals Inc
On Jan 10, 2018, at 7:59 PM, repairman87@... [STMFC] <STMFC@...> wrote:
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Jeff Shultz <jeff@...>
Check with William Brillinger at http://pdc.ca
On Jan 10, 2018 16:59, "repairman87@... [STMFC]" <STMFC@...> wrote:
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Walter
FWIW Kadee does custom decals.
Lenny Ohrnell
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Curt Fortenberry
I’ve been talking to Highball Graphics. Curt Fortenberry
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Bill Welch
Quality control leaves a LOT to be desired w/Microscale custom.
Bill Welch
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Claus Schlund \(HGM\)
Hi Bill and List Members,
Bill, that has not been my experience. My business partner and I have
ordered custom decals from Microscale which we deliver as part of our Hell Gate
Models kits that we sell. On multiple orders over the course of years, we never
had any quality problems.
Claus Schlund
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Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2018 9:29 PM
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Subject: [STMFC] Re: Custom Decals Quality control leaves a LOT to be desired w/Microscale custom. Bill Welch
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tjcataldo
alps printers still around circus decals on the web tom
On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 4:59 PM, repairman87@... [STMFC] <STMFC@...> wrote:
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Thomas j Cataldo
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Andy Miller
My club ordered several hundred sets of custom decals from Microscale and are very pleased with the results. The printing is crisp and the whites are dense. We ordered some other custom decals from Kadee and while the small lettering was crisp, the white was too transparent.
Andy Miller From: STMFC@yahoogroups.com [mailto:STMFC@yahoogroups.com] Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2018 9:29 PM To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com Subject: [STMFC] Re: Custom Decals Quality control leaves a LOT to be desired w/Microscale custom. Bill Welch [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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John Hagen <sprinthag@...>
If you have artwork, try Jim Abbott at www.highballgraphics.com or Don at www.tichytraingroup.com Or, with or without artwork you can email me at obs.cals@... (see below). John Hagen OBS-CALS your source for Obscure Decals obs.cals@... 21050 George Hunt Cir., Apt 821 Waukesha, WI 53186 (262) 385-4450
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Curt Fortenberry
What is Microscale’s minimum print run? Curt Fortenberry
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Clark Propst
I bought a some decal sets from Tichy at Trainfest to replace those in
F&C kits. I applied one set and found the film to be fine, but the ink (or
whatever) is very heavy. Too heavy to snuggle in or around details on a wood
side car. A friend just did a steel box car and they looked fine. I have a Tichy
PFE reefer to build, bought a set for that. Question is: Should I try them or
try to find a set from a different maker?
Clark
Propst Mason City Iowa
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Bill Welch
That has not been the experience of others Claus.
Bill Welch
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On Jan 12, 2018, at 12:09 PM, STMFC@yahoogroups.com wrote:
4.1. Re: Custom DecalsWhen my friend Brian Banna had sets done, I believe that the minimum run was 250 sets... Craig Zeni Cary NC
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Highly accurate PFE decals are available from Microscale and used to be available from Champ. Be leery of any other PFE decals, there are lots of bad PFE decal sets out there, including custom decals in some of the Sunshine kits. Tim O'Connor
I bought a some decal sets from Tichy at Trainfest to replace those in F&C kits. I applied one set and found the film to be fine, but the ink (or whatever) is very heavy. Too heavy to snuggle in or around details on a wood side car. A friend just did a steel box car and they looked fine. I have a Tichy PFE reefer to build, bought a set for that. Question is: Should I try them or try to find a set from a different maker?
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Dick Harley worked with Microscale to improve their sets in recent years and has a multitude of information on his web site https://harley-trains.smugmug.com/PFEModels Ted Culotta (Speedwitch Media) has at least 5 sets of PFE decals for specific car series and dates. I would trust those, too. Steve Hile
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radiodial868
Tough call. Wish I knew. I have on my desk right now in front of me decals from Rail Graphics (20 sheets min run) just before he shut down, that same artwork as decals from DPModelers, and a 8.5x11 sheet from Tichy. Plus a set of kit decals for a Sunshine kit and a new Westerfield kit.
Maybe the holy grail is someone using the Ghost White cartridge in a laser printer on Papa Tango decal paper. RJ Dial Burlingame, CA
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Dave Parker
My only comments concern the Ghost White laser cartridge (and both MicroMark and Tango Papa paper), which I have been using for a few months now: 1. The clarity (i.e., legibility and sharpness) is second to none, and extends down to 1-inch lettering in HO scale. The "ink" is thin as it gets as well. 2. The trade-off, perhaps, is that the decals are not very opaque, and there is no way that I can see to change that. For 95% of my applications, I prefer the slight translucency. It is not unlike the pad printing on the Accurail cars in that it has a certain "pre-faded" look, so that I need to use less overspray to tone down the lettering. But, if a bright and bold white is what you are after, the Ghost is not the way to go. Dave Parker Riverside, CA
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