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Re: Decals


 

Justin,

I wasn't aware that ALPs printers needed their own special decal paper, and from what I have read other decal?papers work fine with?ALPS machines. Although ALPS home printers haven't been made since 1990, I suspect they still?make specialty machines for industrial use (ALPS technology was developed to make stable bar?code labels). ALPS will factory-recondition old machines, and their tape cartridges appear to still be in production. I was surprised to learn that Kadee uses ALPS printers for their custom decal service.

I have been printing white HO decals on my HP 254dw with Ghost White laser toner and Tango Papa laser decal paper. I like the Tango Papa paper because it has a slightly darker backing than MicroMark or Microscale papers. That makes white lettering easier to see for cutting.

Sorry, but I don't do custom work, and not SN decals -- I can't do the arched?lettering. Most of my decals have been for my fictional Virginia Midland and Sacramento Belt Line railroads.

Yours Aye,


Garth Groff ???????? (Scotland forever!)

On Sat, Nov 23, 2024 at 11:28?PM Justin Rowe via <justingrowe=[email protected]> wrote:
The decals for the Sacramento Northern Baldwin steeple cab were made from Western Pacific?orange and green paint scheme, orange stripes by Micro Scale together with lettering that was custom made on an alp printer credit to?Ken Harstine. But I have since found another waterslide white?decal paper Sunnyscopa on Amazon?that doesn¡¯t require clear coat and isn¡¯t faded according to Fine Scale Modeling, if Alp paper is gone or too?old. It?works much better than the cheaper?waterslide blank white paper. You could get a larger scale Sacramento Northern boxcar or Baldwin decals?and print and reduce?the side of it on the decal paper?so the background was brown or Tuscan on the boxcar or black for the steeple cab?as a new?alternative to make decals. Usually you trim close and paint the edges to blend color variations. The decal is even thinner. Might have to rob from a model?some trolley pickup poles or make them?since the guy who made them in Canada doesn¡¯t have them.?

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