Scale decals

[Craig Spence]

Hi all,

 

Im looking to buy some scale decals or rub on transfers for my Dehavilland Mosquito.

Problem is I cant find a place to buy, they need to adhere to tight curves and some with complex shapes. I have heard from a friend that he used a hair drying to make them conform to the surface.

 

I need roundals, tail flashes and also writing, these need to be largish sizes as well (I cant state a size as im not at home at the moment).

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks,

 

Craig.

[Ian Jones]

 

I think there several custom printers about. This is one Barry's Custom Lettering

 

He also sell sheets of inkjet printable vinyl but only white - a search of the internet will find others.

 

 

[Craig Spence]

Thanks Ian,

Had a look there and they look quite good. I'll have to buy and see I suppose, I just hope they conform to the starboard stiffener.

Any other suggestions would be more than welcome.

Cheers all.

[Peter Miller]

Try Pyramid Models, They will produce specials and are very good indeed. You can also try BMD Graphics who have also produced specials for me.

 

getting vinyl round very tight curves is always going to be almost impossible.

[Mystar]

try Flightline Graphics - Nigel Wagstaff <[email protected]> they do paint masks, vinyl and waterslide decals, and rub down letters. Made to order in any scale. I intend to use them for my Topflite Sea Fury i am bulding.

[Craig Spence]

Hi Peter thanks I'll check them out, as for vinyl round curves I thought as much.
I had someone say you can do it with a hairdryer but for the stiffener I think it's a no go.

Cheers.

[Craig Spence]

Hi mystar,
Gonna look now, thanks for the help.

Cheers.

[Alan Cantwell]

please dont ruin your efforts with stick ons, they look exaclty like they say--stick ons, roundels are not difficult to paint on, and all your graphics can be done with ready made spray masks, just stick to the surface, spray with a matt colour, and remove the mask, simple, and looks a thousand times better than horrible stick ons

[Craig Spence]

Thanks Alan, no need to worry I've been looking at the masks on the website and they look great so I think I'll go with them.

Just got to look for some small tons of spray paint now, spectrum ones cost a tenner a tin, but I don't need that big a tin.
The searching continues lol.

Thanks,

Craig.

[Alan Cantwell]

cheap badger airbrush, with a tin of propellant, fit the line with a wheel collet, to reduce the pressure, small tins of humbrol enamel, thinned with cellulose thinners, one tin will do twenty mossys!! and yes, i said thin enamel with celly thinners

[Craig Spence]

Hi Alan,

been looking for an airbrush and the cheapest I could find was around £20 with propellant.

Hope this will do the trick, time will tell.

 

I have humbrol paint but was wondering, my black and white are already super thin to the point that when you brush them on they always need second/ third coats, would I still need to really thin it down?.

 

Cheers, Craig.

[Craig Spence]

Hi all,
Thanks for the feedback on the decals, I have now found and supplier and will be getting some masks made up when I'm home.

I need help with a few things and was hopeing someone can steer me in the right direction.
I'm looking for a step by step guide (with pics) for creating panel line washes, gun/exhaust burns and general weathering.

I have found alot of sources but mainly for plastic tanks/ small airfix kits etc.., are there any scale rc plane guides.

Any help appreciated.

Cheers all,

Craig.