Dutch Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 (edited) I just visited the CanMilAir webpage to order some decals and discovered that the Scale Model Decals page is blank! The other page links work. Are they still in the decal business? Edited November 10, 2021 by Dutch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AX 365 Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Yup. Bill was on holidays. He should be re-activating that portion of the website soon but not sure when though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted September 2, 2016 Author Share Posted September 2, 2016 (edited) Phew! Just sent him a personal email to his contact info.Will share his reply (with his permission). Edited September 2, 2016 by Dutch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted August 30, 2018 Author Share Posted August 30, 2018 CanMilAir is out of the ALPS decal printing business. This update posted on the website "What's new" link, dated 21 Aug 2018: August 21, 2018 Unfortunately, I will no longer be accepting orders for ALPS-printed waterslide decals. The last of my four ALPS printers is showing signs of imminent failure and my stock of consumables is nearly exhausted. With the printer behaving the way it is, I simply can't risk spending $1,500 on a restocking order of inks and paper. With a catalogue that topped out at 675 decal sets covering, 137 aircraft types, CanMilAir Decals processed 4,000 orders and sold over 11,000 decal sets, in 54 different scales (from 1:700 to 1:1 scale), to a total of 2,120 customers from 40 countries over a 13 year span. I would like to take a moment to give my thanks to those 2,120 customers who made CanMilAir Decals such a huge success. Their continued patronage proved that there is indeed a healthy market for waterslide decals for Canadian military aircraft and naval subjects. Going forward, CanMilAir Decals will continue the 1:1 scale vinyl side of the business including those larger RC scales that can use self-adhesive vinyl instead of waterslide decals. There are also a few exciting Canadian military aircraft reference book releases on the horizon that I will be involved with. For those out there with the passion and a graphics background, there are literally thousands of original CorelDraw X3 vector artwork files, in multiple scales, currently residing on my hard drive. These artwork files already feature multiple colour layers that, and with a few simple alterations, would be perfectly suitable for high quality silk-screen mass production. Serious enquires only. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Most unfortunate. Had plans on buying some 5 or 6 sheets. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted August 30, 2018 Author Share Posted August 30, 2018 I placed an order in early June. Having heard nothing i tried the website today and saw the message. I fired off an email asking if he will honor my order. Will wait and see. It appears that he wants to sell the artwork files, so maybe CanMilAir will live on. Still a sad day. Wish him the best, though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 (edited) Latest check of CanMilAir website today shows same message as Aug 2018. 😨 Edited January 24, 2020 by Dutch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ian lanc Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Bill's health hasn't been too good over the past few years and needs a serious rest from it all, he's done some great one off decals for me. I wish him all the best. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 He no longer sells model decals. Just markings for full size aircraft. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted January 27, 2020 Author Share Posted January 27, 2020 Scott, Thanks, but I thought he was offering the artwork for sale. Has anyone taken him up on the offer? R/ Dutch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted November 10, 2021 Author Share Posted November 10, 2021 (edited) Apparently, CanMilAir lives on! Waterslide decals are now being marketed through the CanMilAir website by a separate link for "Above & Below Graphics Store." Good news! The full line appears to be there. And some new additions coming in Nov 2021. Bad news! Prices have increased dramatically! Ouch! I placed an order for a half dozen 1/144 "must haves," and left it at that. Came to just under $100. I hope that's CDN$. Kind regards, Dutch Edited November 10, 2021 by Dutch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Snowbird3a Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 got my recent order from Above&Below graphics yesterday. Great , fast service. Tony Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Emvar Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 Tony, Can you post a small review on the quality? I'm looking at some sheets to order. Regards, Emil Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 Elmo let me know before you order, we can combine shipping. 2 hours ago, Emvar said: Tony, Can you post a small review on the quality? I'm looking at some sheets to order. Regards, Emil Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted November 19, 2021 Author Share Posted November 19, 2021 3 hours ago, Snowbird3a said: got my recent order from Above&Below graphics yesterday. Great , fast service. Tony And I placed an order on 10 November for 6 sheets and recieved it today! Wow! That is fast! I may place another order soon. K/r, Dutch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hawk One Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 I just recently found out through posts on this forum that the CanMilAir line is back through Above and Below Graphics. I checked out their website and was very happy to see the amount of content, old and new that was available. I've been trying to go their website for the past week to place an order but their site doesn't seem to exist anymore. Have they closed up shop already? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted September 12, 2022 Author Share Posted September 12, 2022 (edited) Hmm, old CanMilAir.com took a few minutes to load, but works fine. Abovebelow.ca returns 404 error. Edited September 21, 2022 by Dutch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DONG Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 Above and Below Decals shut down temporally to take care of some insurance issue's. Don Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted September 15, 2022 Author Share Posted September 15, 2022 (edited) Above and Below Decals site is back up. Oops, I spoke too soon. Website is up; has a slightly different feel to it, but when you click on the different aircraft types, and try to drill down for particular markings, you get the following message: "Items aren't available for sale yet on this page. Come back later to purchase!" So keep monitoring. It can't take that long. Edited September 15, 2022 by Dutch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Yep, soon, but not I think today. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted October 2, 2022 Author Share Posted October 2, 2022 Above & Below site is operational again. And they have added some new decals. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 (edited) Yep, I tested some of those new sheets. In other words, Above and Below has LOTS of options for you. Edited October 2, 2022 by phantom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted October 2, 2022 Author Share Posted October 2, 2022 Whoa! Nice test results! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scooby Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 As always, great stuff Phantom! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kurt H. Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 (edited) Thanks for mentioning this - I see they have the cc-137 decals - I always wanted to build the Canadian cc-137 after seeing Phantom build one years ago Edited October 12, 2022 by Kurt H. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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