Mr.Pope or anyone who has tried this, if you're listening,
I was thinking about some decals for some of my APCs. Some NATO style markings
from an SFOR book I have.
I see some inkjet printing decals on the net (with white or clear
backgrounds). I wonder if they'll work in a normal inkjet, though they make
references to the dry ink of the ALPs printer. I'm thinking to myself that, if
you let the ink from the normal inkjet dry, then covered it with the spray
"decal set", you could then immerse the dryed result in water (to apply)
without it wrecking the printed result. I am sure someone has experimented to
a great extent somewhere along the line. Let me know if it's a likely scenario
I have crafted or if I'm destined for disappointment.
Curious....
> Mr. Pope or anyone who has tried this, if you're listening,
I havne't tried it myself, but I've read about it...
> I was thinking about some decals for some of my APCs. Some NATO
Here is a preview of a "system" that seems to claim otherwise unless you use
their produce (fancy that) but it does bring up a valid point (ink pooling on
the decal paper).
http://www.starshipmodeler.com/reviews/pre_inkjet.htm
...and here is another review of that same product:
http://www.paper-paper.com/corel.html
...and yet another:
http://www.kithobbyist.com/IPMSAuckland/nltr/August2000.html#Supercal%20
Clea r%20Decal%20Kit
MicroMark does sell special decal paper for inkjets, including a fixative
spray.
http://www.dxmarket.com/micromark/dir/26.html
Oddly not listed on the web page, but in the catalog is this item:
82325 Try-it Pack
"Contains one clear and one white inkjet decal paper sheet, plus one can of
fixative spray." $16.75
If none of that works, or you just don't want to bother let me know. We will
do custom work with (what I consider to be) reasonable rates.
Hope this is of some help.
Tom
Hi Tom,
I tried this once, and it was a miserable failure.
Everything was going fine with the decals until the end, when I sprayed
the figures with clearcoat sealer -- something in the spray sealer
reacted with the ink on the decals, and the decals were ruined.
I'm not really sure what will solve this problem... maybe I should be using a
different kind of inkjet printer to make the decals, but I'm not willing to
buy a new printer just for the sake of making decals.
See you in 7 weeks!
-- Rick Rutherford
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> I tried this once, and it was a miserable failure.
With regular decal paper and regular clearcoat, the MicroMark stuff and sealer
or "the system?"
> Everything was going fine with the decals until the end, when I
As far as I know, all inkjet printers are created equal, at least iwth respect
to decal paper. If you were to buy a new printer, I'd spend $150 on eBay and
buy the cheap APS instead.
> See you in 7 weeks!
That soon? I gotta go, well, prepare or something...