Monday, October 15, 2012

The Award for Masking Goes To . . .

On TRF, Dave Walden asks:
"Is there a TRF Oscar for achievement in masking?"

This is Dave's masked, stretch version of the new Estes Jetliner.
The enclosed kit decals weren't long enough for this build!

4 comments:

  1. Remember the good old days when you could ORDER an extra set of decals from Estes? [sigh]

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  2. Oh yeah, I remember!
    One or two catalog pages of just decals, wraps and trim!
    At least now you can print up your own, maybe not as good as silk-screened decals, but they work in a pinch.

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  3. Is there a market for screen printed after market rocket decals?

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    1. Hi Scoutermark,
      Yes there is, but I don't know how big the market is. www.sandmandecals.com is best known for his Alps printed water slide decals. The Alps out-of-production printer can print white. That's always been the problem for some home print decals.
      Stickershock.com make vinyl decals usually for larger MPR models.
      If you know how to screen print decals you could certainly make them. But, making the screens for a "one shot" decal wouldn't be cost effective. To make it worthwhile you'd have to make a run of hundreds for a large vendor.

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