[Closed] 1955 Ford Sunliner kit by CCC

Nice work as always John.

Very nice indeed.

Very good and excellent choice of colors.

Very nice. Both of them are great colors. Great work.

Agree with all prior comments - Great job and very good color choices.

Fine work, John. I like your work!

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Hi John; Beautiful job on the Fords. I built quite a few of these years ago and they build very nice. Some things about them, they have the best chrome plated parts I have seen and that includes motor City models. One problem and I noticed it on yours too, is the resin is so thin on the back fender area that they warped some. First one I fixed with body filler but it was a lot of bother so I did not do the rest.

Very Nice

Those were great kits.

In the right hands , they built up beautifully.

The mention of the decals that came with this kit has me wondering if we will ever get a 1/43 decal sheet of the emblems we need to detail a repaint all of the models out there that need re-doing like the Matchbox Bel Airs and Nomads and Vitesse Cadillacs and Dinky Buick Skylarks to name a few. But just maybe there are not many who repaint these collectibles as modellers do. photo no longer available

Decals: A couple of years ago I attempted "decal making" with mixed results and some satisfaction. I have no financial investment or profit motive in any of this information.

I did a little research on my computer and found McGonigal Paper & Graphics (MCGPAPER.COM) and eventually ordered their "Try It Kit." That included Inkjet Water Slide Decal information and basics. I also ordered a few sheets of decal paper and a can of decal coating spray. Cost was reasonable.

Results? The color of white cannot print without equipment that is beyond me. What is printed is what the camera sees, using the inks in the computer's printer. So lines of type (black on clear decal) were basic and a good starting place. Pictures of patterns, designs, etc. resulted in a mixed bag, due to may camera's limitations and my own lack of expertise.

Here are some of my results on some old toys from my shelves:

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The passing of years has stopped this little adventure, and so I have given up any more work with decals (except to mess up a couple of old ones on a 1:43 model last week!), so no requests, please!

But if someone is more involved and looking for a sideline and/or hobby extension, I think the field as you describe it is quite possible. Good luck!

Decal Printing

You can get white decal paper and any unprinted surface shows white. It is difficult to match decal colour to the base colour of car and to trim back to fit. But it can be effective used properly.
Clear decal paper is excellent now but inkjet printers struggle to print some colours like silver or gold and often light colours also not show up on dark backgrounds.

I have made some decals but what I think we are after is chrome badges for 43rd scale cars. These are so small and in silver which as Maz says is near impossible to replicate on the home ink jet printer in my experience. Larger ones such as liveries for trucks are not so impossible. It would be interesting to know how professional decal producers do the chrome and how it is done in such small sizes. Most diecast models have tampo printed badges which I believe is an entirely different process but wouldn't mind seeing how that is done either.

I am fairly encouraged to see the response of you three with the ideas brought forth. And I am in concurance with you. I have attempted decals with available decal paper and kits too. But two heads are better than one and four (maybe more) may get some results here. So for now, a thank you, for entering this thread but I do not wish to hijack it. So maybe down the road we may chime in and solve this need for 1/43 scale car emblems. Time to ponder.