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Is there anyone the makes decals? If so are they water decals or vinyl decals? I looking to get this make into a decal.........




to fit on the hood of tycos 79 firebird........




I will have another thing to be made into decals also. I just have to get it from my uncle that has it.

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Printing your own decals is easy, but there are limitations. I printed all of these.












I'm guessing you're wanting the green bird on a black car? There must be white behind the green to make it bright. An alps can do this and so can silkscreening. you can try printing on white paper and surround the image with black, trimming the black as close to the image as possible.
 

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The body below the bird is what my two bodies looks like now. Im goin to strip what is on it off. Repaint what is red green and what is white black. I know there is vinyl decals out there for ho scale cars and I have also seen water type one like the temp tattoos for kids. I have painted the plastic model cars and put water decals on and kept them on with clear coating it. I have also kept vinyl decals on my pinewood cars that I have built with clear coat. Im wanting to do the same with the bodies I have now. I dont have anything to make my own decals or the know how. Thats why Im looking for someone that can make two like the green bird and I can go off that green it comes out to be.
 

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There are a few methods to making the decals for that car painted black that will work. A lot will depend on how perfect you want it.

Option 1 is to print the graphic on clear decal paper, and when cutting it out, cut out the same shape out of white decal paper. Then trim the edge of the white slightly smaller. When you are ready to apply your decals, you will install the white background first. Once satisfied with the position, apply the colored one. The black fogging around your artwork should hide the edge of the white decal below. I would recommend some form of clear coat to protect the decals and finish.

Option 2. Print out your decal on white decal paper. After you cut out the bird, run a black sharpie around the edge. This will help hide the edges. Let it dry well before dipping, or the method I use now... make a small decal sized puddle on the bench and sit the decal in it. If you trimmed the edge right, it should be barely noticeable.

One other choice is basically the same as option 2, but requires an airbrush and good control. Make the decal on white paper, and extend the black area on the master out a tad farther. Then apply your decal to the body. Clear coat it and then start painting the body black up to and slightly onto the decal's darker edge blending the decal into the paint. By the time you're done clear coating, the edge will pretty much disappear.

One more thought, and that's to mask out the bird design before painting the body, leaving the white where the decal will sit. paint the body and remove the mask. Where the decal goes will already be white so it'll pop color-wise.

Hands down, though, the Alps printed decal would be best if you can find someone who has one.
 

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The way I was goin to paint the car was the headlight area, door lines, t-top lines, trunk lines, and where the fog light holes are green. Let the green dry. Then mask off the green and paint the black. Put a decal on. On mask the green and touch up if needed. Then clear coat it. Thats how I did it with my 1/25 scale plastic models. But them decals where the ones you put on with water.
 
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