cag_200 Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 (edited) Hello an odd request but I am looking for lot of colored stars. The ones used on the Furball sheet 1/48 Air Wing All-Stars Tomcats Part One, or 1/48 McDonnel Douglas F-4 Phantom II Air Wing All Stars are the exact ones. 2x 12 stars are used on this sheet (VF-142), 2x 16 on the phantom sheet. Quite open for suggestions as I need 100 of em (sort of). Mayby someone has an idea? It is for a special HB-XDP heli paint version. I am really trying figuring out how to get this realized. - I looked for Archer decals, dry decals is the best way but too expensive (just a few on the sheet) -Letraset, would be great but ?? costly shipping for me -Mehusla Decals its Alps not of use. Rgds, Duncan Edited August 8, 2016 by cag_200 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob de Bie Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 an odd request but I am looking for lot of colored stars. The ones used on the Furball sheet 1/48 Air Wing All-Stars Tomcats Part One, or 1/48 McDonnel Douglas F-4 Phantom II Air Wing All Stars are the exact ones.2x 12 stars are used on this sheet (VF-142), 2x 16 on the phantom sheet. Quite open for suggestions as I need 100 of em (sort of). Mayby someone has an idea? It is for a special HB-XDP heli paint version. I am really trying figuring out how to get this realized. - I looked for Archer decals, dry decals is the best way but too expensive (just a few on the sheet) -Letraset, would be great but ?? costly shipping for me -Mehusla Decals its Alps not of use. I found an old picture of HB-XDP full of stars, and it seems they are all placed on white areas. That means you can do without a white background, because the model provides it. So you could print them yourself on clear decal sheet. Alternatively you can have the stars custom-printed on an Alps, there are plenty of custom printers who can do that for you for a decent price. Very sharp printing, gold and silver metallics can be done too, but a limited palette if you want solid printed decals instead of dither printing. Rob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cag_200 Posted August 8, 2016 Author Share Posted August 8, 2016 (edited) Thanks Rob I don't like ALPS on full film.I might try it on decal sheet and have it laser printed. Masks is the 2nd option and I found this: sticky film, my guess the stars are 2 to 3 mm wide. I can airbrush the stars over the white. The stars painted on HB-XDB are smaller so I still have a problem.... perfect star would measure 1 mm for 1/48 shown here. I got this for 0.25 ct, free shipping, for test material. Dry transfers...great but at ebay it charges me 27 USD shipping.. _)(*&(*&^! Then this $4 each. A mask, 13 x 13 mm. I bet the smallest star is 2 mm. Edited August 8, 2016 by cag_200 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob de Bie Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 I don't like ALPS on full film.I might try it on decal sheet and have it laser printed.Masks is the 2nd option and I found this: sticky film, my guess the stars are 2 to 3 mm wide. I can airbrush the stars over the white. The stars painted on HB-XDB are smaller so I still have a problem.... perfect star would measure 1 mm for 1/48 shown here. I got this for 0.25 ct, free shipping, for test material. Dry transfers...great but at ebay it charges me 27 USD shipping.. _)(*&(*&^! Then this $4 each. A mask, 13 x 13 mm. I bet the smallest star is 2 mm. Any decal custom printed (Alps, laser or ink jet) will be on a full page film, so that doesn't make a difference. I would go for Alps, they are very nice. Masks: you can cut them on a relatively cheap Silhouette plotter-cutter. One of our club members uses one to do nearly all markings of 1/48 aircraft. Two examples: Regioavond Zuid-Holland mei 2016 look for the Corsairs Regioavond Zuid-Holland juni 2015 look for the F-106 He will give a presentation on the subject in October - you're welcome :-) But I don't think 1 mm stars are easy, that is very small. A photo-etched mask is another option. Again there are plenty of custom photo etchers. Of the three options above, I would go for decals, that's for sure. If you hate full page film that much, you could have custom printed decals cut with a Silhouette plotter-cutter. Just cut through the decal film, not the paper thickness. A Silhouette will recognise alignment markings on the decal sheet, so it can be done. But I don't know anyone who offers both services. Rob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cag_200 Posted August 8, 2016 Author Share Posted August 8, 2016 Hey Rob 1 mm is small, i checked for My link but their limit is 5 mm. PE masks no, why? the heli's shape. Much appreciated for your suggestions here Rob, i might go for the ALP's. Do you know someone who will accept a run or 3 in the netherlands? In the past I could have asked Marc from starfighterdecals but he is too busy and he's done a lot for me in the past. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob de Bie Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 (edited) Hey Rob 1 mm is small, i checked for My link but their limit is 5 mm. PE masks no, why? the heli's shape. Much appreciated for your suggestions here Rob, i might go for the ALP's. Do you know someone who will accept a run or 3 in the netherlands? In the past I could have asked Marc from starfighterdecals but he is too busy and he's done a lot for me in the past. There's a big list of custom Alps printers on my site: Design your own Alps / OKI custom decals Fireball Modelworks in the USA is a popular choice (fast and affordable), Decal Lab and Mask Decals in Spain are the latest additions I think. In the Netherlands you could try decals.nl. They use a big commercial printer, and what I saw looked very good. As long as you provide the artwork, they will print it. He said roughly 25 euros for an A4 sheet, which is a lot larger than many regular decal sheets. And remember: you don't need a white background, since all stars are on white. That could reduce the price considerably. Rob Edited August 8, 2016 by Rob de Bie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cag_200 Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 Thanks for this information Rob! I have sent out several requests. Interesting website of yours by the way. Rgds, Duncan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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