[WWI] 4 color lozenge... grrrr...

[Crawford Neil]

Adrian:
> Aftermarket is getting hard to find...

Really?

>
> Depending on your access to technology I woud be inclined to create
> new artwork on the PC based on your on preferences for colour and
> design and which matches the protoype rolls of fabric for width. You
> don't need a super clever graphics program, but one which will let you
> paste the repetitive patterns saves a lot of hard work

I used photoshop, and a graphics artist friend!

>
> Print on clear decal paper - I suggest a laser printer rather than an
> inkjet as the inks in the latter are not at all comfortable with decal
> setting solutions even under mutiple coats of clear sealer.


Yes the laser printer worked well for me. I've used Tango-papa decals
(google them!) and they are terrific.

   Apply
> the decals over a  pale grey in a fashion similar to the original lay
> of the fabric - chordwise, diagonal or spanwise or some combination of
> the three.  The use of a very pale grey undercoat rather than white
> mutes the colours just slightly, whcih I think is a good thing

On the blueish German lozenge grey would work better, but this Austrian
sworl is so brown and dull, that the white undercoat improved it no end.
/Neil





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> Aidrian