Getting decals printed
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Marty McGuirk
Can anyone recommend a custom decal printer they have had a positive experience with? I've got some HO scale artwork I need to have printed. TIA, Marty Marty McGuirk Gainesville, Va.
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Tom in Texas
Circus City
Tom in Texas
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Jim King
Marty ... I regularly use http://pdc.ca/rr/catalog for all of my decal work (just rec'd 23 sheets for my O scale SOU gon yesterday). Bill can create artwork if you need. Very fast delivery from a US address as well as Canadian. He uses the same printing system as Tichy but has tweaked it to result in much thinner graphics that are opaque and easily nestled down with Microscale and Solvaset.
-- Jim King www.smokymountainmodelworks.com
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Marty I have been pleased a company In Canada. Here is a link to their website. They use a laser printer and do white. Here is a link to a post I did on their product. Gene Deimling Gene Deimling
El Dorado Hills, CA
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Marty McGuirk
Hi Jack,
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For one item -Central Vermont MofW decals - I’d look at doing multiple sheets since some other CV modelers might be interested. I also want to get a few sets of CV pre-war steam locomotive decals - just for my own use and a single sheet would be more than enough. Marty
On Jul 31, 2019, at 3:50 PM, Gene Deimling <proto48@...> wrote:
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Peter Ness
Hi Marty, I also worked with Bill Brillinger at pda. Artwork and decals are very pleasing, very fast work. Pricing seemed a bit high, but I had not worked with a manufacturer to make decals for quite a few years, so probably actually competitive pricing…can’t get bread for 5 cents a loaf any more, either…I will work with Bill again for my next needs.
Peter Ness
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Can anyone recommend a custom decal printer they have had a positive experience with? I've got some HO scale artwork I need to have printed.
TIA,
Marty
Marty McGuirk Gainesville, Va.
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cdc.ca - Bill Brillinger - received my decals 3 days after I ordered them cartograf - high quality printer recommended by Ted Culotta
On 7/31/2019 1:06 PM, Marty McGuirk wrote:
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Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts
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hubert mask
High Ball Graphics.
Hubert Mask
Mask Island Decals Inc.
On Jul 31, 2019, at 1:06 PM, Marty McGuirk <mjmcguirk@...> wrote:
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I bought some of Circus City's decals for the MKT Texas Special locomotives and brass passenger cars. They were wildly inaccurate. Circus City on top, original Hallmark decals on bottom.
Thanks! -- Brian Ehni On 7/31/19, 2:16 PM, "Tom in Texas via Groups.Io" <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io on behalf of texpearson=AOL.com@groups.io> wrote: Circus City Tom in Texas
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Garth Groff <sarahsan@...>
Friends,
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Kadee is offering a custom decal service: https://www.kadee.com/custom.htm . I have not tried their decals and so cannot comment on their quality. They also offer blank decal paper: https://www.kadee.com/decals-c-274_325/ . This page also contains various printing options and their set-up charges. Yours Aye, Garth Groff
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Kadee printed decals for our train club. They're ok, but I'll say that their white lettering is almost invisible on the paper and not as opaque as you may want it to be. Tim O'
On 8/1/2019 4:31 AM, Garth Groff wrote:
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Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts
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I buy my decal paper from Walthers it’s 8 ½ x 11 and fits my decal printer just like a paper sheet. https://www.walthers.com/decal-paper-8-1-2-x-11-quot-21-6-x-27-9cm-clear-pkg-5
Tango Papa also sells decal paper: https://www.tangopapadecals.com/paper.htm
Thanks!
From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of Garth Groff <sarahsan@...>
Friends,
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Benjamin Hom
Tim O'Connor wrote: "Kadee printed decals for our train club. They're ok, but I'll say that their white lettering is almost invisible on the paper and not as opaque as you may want it to be." Lack of visibility on the paper can be dealt with by using a black magic marker on the back of the sheet. Lack of opacity is a bigger problem (I remember using several old Walthers gold leaf decal sets, each over the top of the previous application, to letter a locomotive years ago), but it might be useful in doing faded lettering. Ben Hom
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