Lozenge decal test it for all

[dak66]

Originally Posted by Doug Baumann

well Doug{ why doze that name sound familiar lol }it has to be your print program it is set to full page .. i would start there , or your printer drivers software is set to size to fit. i hope you used paper not decal paper ?? Doug.B

I think your right i"m going to fool around with the settings i'm new to this,and yes i was using standard copy paper i appreciate the reply.

Doug .K

[Doug Baumann]

Doug i am new at printer decals i have only printed 5 sheets of it and had trouble to Doug

[MerlinV]

Guys, in your printer settings, you can set your scale.
I am printing through Adobe Photoshop and an setting the scale at 23%. This is a tiny bit underscale for 1/48.

That is with the images that Wojtek has posted.

Cheers,

Hugh

[Doug Baumann]

thanks MERLIN Vfor the info

[Doug Baumann]

this is with real fabric from WWI AERO NUMBER 129 AUG 1990 no tracing and low rez[/IMG]

[Doug Baumann]

tell me what ALL of you think plz

[Rowan Broadbent]

Originally Posted by Doug Baumann

tell me what ALL of you think plz

Doug, hello,

i've been watching your efforts with great interest - I believe you have done some very useful work which could yield the WWI modeller's Holy Grail of a limitless supply of accurate lozenge covering, if one has the technical skill, an appropriate printer and the software to allow printing onto decal paper.

I have tried printing after resizing using an epson stylus colour printer and the results are encouraging - I have yet to commit to decal paper (my supplies of which are limited!), my tests only being onto standard print paper, but I have no doubt that I could end up with a useable product, although I doubt it would have the flexibility or ease of use of, say, the Blue Max decals (which I understand were printed using "elastic" inks).

I also fully expect that some manufacturer(s) will also use your work as a short-cut to producing their own accurate versions without the need for their own R&D. As you have placed your process in open view, for the free use of all then this should not be a problem. Indeed, if someone like Eduard were to pick up on it, it would at least mean that we would get some accurate lozenge in future kits!

If you were to move into the slightly more esoteric coverings (e.g. naval, night and Austro-Hungarian covering materials and maybe, in the A-H case, painted lozenge) you could take over where the late lamented Americal left off!

So, in short, I really appreciate the selflessness of what you are doing and the two possible outcomes (home production and commercial availability) are both to be encouraged. Please keep up the excellent work! I suppose that it would be too much to expect a commercial producer to reward you if they were to borrow your work, life's just not like that - but it would be a nice gesture - just in case anyone reading this is tempted (massive hint there!!!).

Thanks again,

Rowan

[bobs_buckles]

Cockpit sidewall & seat panel coverings

Hello Doug,
I have taken a sample of your 32nd lozenge, mirrored it in Photoshop and applied some filters to give it that yellow look of dope bleed. More fading can be added with thin coats of buff followed by even thinner coats of clear yellow/orange mix.
I hope you like.
Cheers,
Bob

[THE GREAT WALDO]

Hi All

A great thread so far, I think a relavent note should be made that if you print on clear decal paper with a laser printer the colours tend to be somewhat transparent and influenced strongly by the base colour on the model also I found that using solid colours in the artwork the laser printer (minolta 2500w) printed the lozenge pattern with a raster which gave a very effective weave effect, I am not sure if this would be the case with an inkjet printer. I have´nt tried printing using white decal stock. By the way is any body working on 4 colour lozenge pattern.

Cheers

Andrew

[Doug Baumann]

thanks all BOB,WALDO,ROWAN for your good words ...well i have a new wrinkle to the fabric lol lol i had a new idea for the tracing and it looks great the tracing is made up of loz and is not so over done i will post soon { both upper and low colors this i thank will antiquate the first one sorry} i thank you will like it.. i a sorry for not posting 1/48-1/72 scales as soon as i said i would , but this new idea might a lot more of what we want???? and a further note i was thanking about a base color of white or so and then shadow it in a gray! blended smoothly to give depth { pre shadow}i have not tryed this yet ?? and Bob thank of what other things you can do?? patches, water staining, silvering of the dope , dope that has fell off, or just laying the pattern at a 45 deg and copy past your wing and print, no gapes !it is all there for us .. just thank about that Doug