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[finescalerr]

I am that other modeler. I'm just too modest to admit it. -- ssuR

[Chuck Doan]

Yes Nick, that is sufficiently fawning. For now.

[shropshire lad]

Yes Nick, that is sufficiently fawning. For now.

  Phew , for a minute there ,  I thought I'd overdone it .

[Chuck Doan]

More  progress on my krustaceous window;  I am almost done with the sagging upper sash, and this weekend I made a decal for one of the panes. I had several pictures of old Lucky Strike decals and decided to try one. After some testing, here are the steps I used:   

I opened a picture of an old L.S. window decal in Photoshop Elements and cropped and cleaned the image.  I find that my printer makes bigger dots on gradient images, so I used the paint bucket and brush to make each color solid (The final weathering will be done after application)

Since I was going to print on clear (Testors) decal film, I turned the white cigarette package a slight grey, and then I re-whitened the interior leaving just an outline of grey to print as a cutting guide (white areas will not print on clear paper). Then I flipped (reversed) the image for printing.

I imported the image into Word and sized it to fit the window pane. I made several copies and then printed them on the decal paper using the "best photo" setting on my Epsom printer. I also turned off the "high speed" setting for the best image.

I cut out one of the decals and trimmed around the package shape. Then I gave it three coats of Dullcote spray, waiting 5 minutes between coats.

I applied the decal in the usual way to the backside of the glass pane and let it dry. I brushed thinned Polly-S off white to fill in the clear interior of the package shape and let it dry. (An even solid coat is not required). Then I took some 70% Isopropyl alcohol on a small brush and dabbed at the back of the decal. This partially dissolved the white paint and caused some crackling to occur. Using photos of actual weathered decals,  I moved the paint around to create different amounts of color and also made some chipped areas.

[lab-dad]

Great idea(s)!
I am especially impressed by how precariously that center pane is just about to fall out! don't sneeze!
-Marty

[Ray Dunakin]

Astounding!

[danpickard]

  Don't have to say anything...the stupid looking grin on my face says enough.

Cheers,
Dan

[Barney]

Outstanding plus  (Gordon's door and frame don't stand a chance ) lovely workmanship - perfection
Barney
    dribbling

[Peter_T1958]

Uff! Chucks work put our work into prespective again (Hope that is the right translation ).

Very inspiring indeed,
Peter

[finescalerr]

Adequate. -- Russ

[Junior]

Real neat idea with the decal!

Anders

[Chuck Doan]

Thanks very much! I will need to put the decal technique to the test as I broke that pane last night.    I underestimated the delicacy of the larger panes (pains?) of cover glass. Oh well, twice as fun the second time, right?

[lab-dad]

Chuck,
not sure if you need or ever will larger pieces of glass but I found 1x3 and 3x3
I need to pick up the 3x3 and see if they are any good.
FYI; Ranger makes the 3x3
Marty

[TRAINS1941]

That is so excellent.  And now you have to re do it??

I'm sure it will be better that the 1st if at all possible.

Jerry

[Chuck Doan]

Thanks Jerry, I hope it will be better. Thanks Marty, after this one, i'm not sure I would make anything much bigger, but it's good to know. 3X3 sounds scary to handle!