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Mark5

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Re: Smurftastic Hopper
« Reply #30 on: February 20, 2008, 05:44:51 PM »
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Quote from: FrankCampagna on February 20, 2008, 04:50:49 PM
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I've found that I see things that other's claim to be invisible to the naked eye.

Don't you have to go see a doctor when that happens? Or start writing for a UFO magazine? Frank

Yeah I guess I should just cave in and join in the chorus of eagle eyed folks that tell me I don't notice pizza cutter wheels or HO size rails on N scale track. Just call me Dr. J. Allen Hynek ...
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Re: Smurftastic Hopper
« Reply #31 on: February 20, 2008, 05:49:37 PM »
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Quote from: NandW on February 20, 2008, 03:17:15 PM
I've found that I see things that other's claim to be invisible to the naked eye.
Maybe you're a superhero . . .

Erik
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Re: Smurftastic Hopper
« Reply #32 on: February 20, 2008, 06:08:50 PM »
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Quote from: Erik W on February 20, 2008, 05:49:37 PM
Quote from: NandW on February 20, 2008, 03:17:15 PM
I've found that I see things that other's claim to be invisible to the naked eye.
Maybe you're a superhero . . .

Erik

Me the superhero!

« Last Edit: February 20, 2008, 06:15:52 PM by NandW »
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Re: Smurftastic Hopper
« Reply #33 on: March 02, 2008, 10:19:31 PM »
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I spent the weekend re-doing the Smurftastic car.

The first attempt was essentially a scaling of the photograph, so I redrew the artwork to remove most JPG artifacts.  Now, I have artwork that should scale to HO (hint).

No InkJet on the market has the option of waterproof inks.  The HP Vivera inks come close, but they require HP paper to be truly waterproof.  I have an HP a617 photoprinter that claims 4800x1200dpi resolution, so I decided to use that with Krylon Matte finish to protect the ink from water.  The result is a decal that has much finer dots and overall looks crisper, but is difficult to work with.  if the protectant breaks, then the entire decal washes away. ;D

So I have something that looks better.  I'll redo the weathering and post photos this week.

Stay cool and spend model railroading time redrawing clouds on a smurf graffiti decal... 8) 8)
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Re: Smurftastic Hopper
« Reply #34 on: March 03, 2008, 07:07:29 PM »
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new version, better photo with weathering coming soon:

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Re: Smurftastic Hopper
« Reply #35 on: March 03, 2008, 08:36:41 PM »
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Freakin' amazing! There's definitely an article in that, or at least a tutorial for us poor saps.
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Re: Smurftastic Hopper
« Reply #36 on: March 03, 2008, 08:47:03 PM »
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Much better .. thats more what I was thinking of .. its definately an NScale Mag article ..
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Re: Smurftastic Hopper
« Reply #37 on: March 03, 2008, 09:06:41 PM »
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hold the phone...I just got an Epson R1800...I have something better in the works.... ;)
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Re: Smurftastic Hopper
« Reply #38 on: March 03, 2008, 10:39:18 PM »
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Quote from: tom mann on March 03, 2008, 09:06:41 PM
hold the phone...I just got an Epson R1800...I have something better in the works.... ;)

Then add the clouds back in, they make the blue sky look much better  ::)
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Re: Smurftastic Hopper
« Reply #39 on: March 03, 2008, 10:39:48 PM »
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« Last Edit: March 03, 2008, 10:46:19 PM by tom mann »
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Re: Smurftastic Hopper
« Reply #40 on: March 03, 2008, 10:52:30 PM »
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Quote from: bsoplinger on March 03, 2008, 10:39:18 PM
Quote from: tom mann on March 03, 2008, 09:06:41 PM
hold the phone...I just got an Epson R1800...I have something better in the works.... ;)

Then add the clouds back in, they make the blue sky look much better  ::)

Good catch...I forgot to copy that layer when i duplicated the group for printing, so 1/2 of the decals do not have clouds. ;)
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Re: Smurftastic Hopper
« Reply #41 on: March 03, 2008, 11:03:02 PM »
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What does the other side look like... ::)
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Re: Smurftastic Hopper
« Reply #42 on: March 03, 2008, 11:12:31 PM »
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Quote from: Dave Vollmer on March 03, 2008, 11:03:02 PM
What does the other side look like... ::)

Thundercats!
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Re: Smurftastic Hopper
« Reply #43 on: March 03, 2008, 11:21:48 PM »
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Holy Crap, Tom. The difference is huge. Nice.
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Re: Smurftastic Hopper
« Reply #44 on: March 04, 2008, 03:28:05 AM »
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Quote from: Chulvis on March 03, 2008, 11:21:48 PM
Holy Crap, Tom. The difference is huge. Nice.

Yeah, that Epson version kicks a$$!
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