[WWI] A/G Decals, what now?

[Michael Kendix]

Understood.

The problem for me is not the availabilty of the pattern but the ability of 
my inkjet printer to produce decals. I tried Bare Metal Foil's paper but it 
didn't work for colors.

Michael


>From: james dickie <jamesdickie82 at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: World War I Modeling Mailing List <wwi at wwi-models.org>
>To: World War I Modeling Mailing List <wwi at wwi-models.org>
>Subject: Re: [WWI] A/G Decals, what now?
>Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 09:30:32 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Oh! Forgot to mention: Out of respect and honest intentions, I do not 
>recommend scanning other companies/peoples lozenge sheets, most Microsoft 
>systems have basic hex and lozenge patterns available (Windows XP refers to 
>lozenge as "stained glass").
>
>james dickie <jamesdickie82 at yahoo.com> wrote: I've been printing my 
>own...simply scan a lozenge pattern, adjust/change the colors to what you 
>think is an "accurate color" and then print them out on clear decal sheets. 
>This is especially helpful for those darn (but lovely) Tarnstoff hex 
>patterns. Works great!  IMHO
>
>
>
>wed317 <wed317 at mchsi.com> wrote: Listers,
>         Dec. 31st of '06 has come and gone, marking the demise of A/G.  We
>speculated quite a bit on what would happen to Dr. Merrill's research, and
>whatever stock he and his partners had left on hand.  If memory serves:
>
>- We would see a lot of decal sets on ebay.  Didn't happen.  As a matter of
>fact, of the few sets I have seen, 90% of them, or better, were being sold
>by (former?) List member Barry Stettler (sp?) along with what looked like
>every WWI book he ever owned, etc.
>
>- Someone  would come along and by the artwork, decals, etc. and keep it
>going.  Didn't happen, and most likely because it was not a money-making
>enterprise as such.  Dr. Merrill did what he did, not to pay the mortgage,
>(as I recall, he was a paleo-biologist by trade) but out of a passion for
>the subject.
>
>      So, aside from the four and five color lozenge marketed by Eagle
>Strike, and a few others, what are we to do when it comes to lozenge for
>Gothas, Zeppelin Staakens, A.E.G. types, etc.?  I remember, and still have
>an old FSM article on making a pattern to form a "mask" of sorts to paint
>lozenge, maybe some manufacturer will come along with computer/laser cut
>masks?  There is a company in Eastern Europe that is doing this for a/c
>markings in multiple scales.  Maybe Eduard could get on the bandwagon and
>expand their line of canopy and wheel masks with these.  You could get them
>in a limited edition along with a yellow thong. ;)
>      What say you listers?
>
>Warren
>About to go paint a garden shed
>
>nd: coffee
>nl: "Blue Max" soundtrack
>
>
>
>
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