Earlier today, I went to HL with a 40% coupon in hand. Since the rocketry stuff was on 30% sale anyway, I used the coupon for a pack of Testor's clear decal stock. I'll experiment and hopefully (*) will get decent decals for my Zoomie P51-D. I didn't get the Testor's clear coat so I'll try Krylon and/or Future Shine. Also got a pack of E9-6's and some brush-on black paint.
(*) After reading posts in the various rocketry forums, I'm wondering how these will turn out on my HP with Costco ink. It is what is is. I'll let you know. It will be a couple of days.
Have you tried the Staples Clear Shipping Labels paper? I've had pretty good results with it. Here's a picture. https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/99cVlxItxO2HTNU3SnrgXw?feat=embedwebsite The colors aren't very vibrant due to my printer being low on ink. They seem to stay on the rockets very well.
ReplyDeleteHaven't tried that and will keep it in mind. I bought this stuff on a whim. The more I read the more I think I'll be disappointed. I also have to figure our how to bake the background transparent. May have to load GIMP on the PC with the HP drivers!
ReplyDeleteIf you're running Windows, Paint.net is an excellent free image editor. http://www.dotpdn.com/downloads/pdn.html It will do transparent layers.
ReplyDeleteThanks again, I'll take a look. I did it in GIMP, but the transparency is only available in it's native format. When I get back to my other computer I'll see if my paint program supports transparencies.
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