John's Stuff Decals.

[K-Tiger]

A while back i was looking at MD to get a set of those 1:18 WWII US vehicle markings for a potential "throwback" Abrams repaint and came up empty handed.

In fact you may have noticed they're down to Luftwaffe hakenkreuze sets. Well, i was poking around a 1:6 custom site and found out why. Turns out MD's 4th ALPS printer deepsixed itself, and they've yet to find a solution.


So, yeah, now ya know. It's a damn shame, they were a great resource for an even better price.

 

[G.I.*EDDIE]

have you ever considered waterslide?

 

[K-Tiger]

J'sS ARE waterslide.

 

[G.I.*EDDIE]

ooohhhh...well, i know its possible to make yer own if you get waterslide paper...just don't ask me how...

 

[K-Tiger]

You really can't recreate white markings on cheap ass Testors home kits. Even if you could i couldn't get get a good set out of my printer. That's why ALPS were popular with cottage decal makers. It actually printed with white ink.


Then again, they were finicky machines from a defunct company and ink cartridges are getting increasingly rare, so it was only a matter of time. Still, i'da liked to seen one last run so i could stock up.

 

[G.I.*EDDIE]

sounds like you know yer sh!t already...

move along Eddie, nothing to see here

 

[Midget]

If the design you're looking to make is simple enough, you could always do a mask and rattle-can solution.

 

[K-Tiger]

i never had a knack for drawing geometric designs, and i haven't gotten down properly scaling stuff for printing.


Anyhow, this thread isn't for trying to point out non-solutions, but to inform an apparently uninterested group as to the status of the only cost-effective decal solution.

 

[Midget]

Non solutions to you maybe

 

[YT1]

That is bad news.