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Anybody make chaplain Jeep decals?
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Posted: Sunday, December 20, 2015 - 10:00 PM UTC
Preferably US... I just ordered the Bronco "God's Blessing" figure set.

Thanks for your help.

Cheers,

Christophe
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Posted: Sunday, December 20, 2015 - 10:20 PM UTC
What would they look like?

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Posted: Sunday, December 20, 2015 - 10:26 PM UTC
Something like that. Are you thinking Letraset dry transfers? Bit tricky to align and space but feasible...



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Posted: Sunday, December 20, 2015 - 10:30 PM UTC
Trickier.



Cheers,

Christophe
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Posted: Sunday, December 20, 2015 - 11:41 PM UTC
I haven't seen any for sale but you can get them custom-made at some decal suppliers. The other option is use the small cross decal from the Italeri Road Signs kit, or chop up spare decals to make crosses. Dry transfers are cheap and come in white. I found a variety of fonts including old English style, German Gothic and block letters. I am not doing Chaplain decals but they are sure handy for vehicle nicknames and such!
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Posted: Monday, December 21, 2015 - 12:46 AM UTC
I would concur; by the way, great subject; chaplains are some of the unsung heroes of war in my opinion
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Posted: Monday, December 21, 2015 - 01:10 AM UTC

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Dry transfers are cheap and come in white. I found a variety of fonts including old English style, German Gothic and block letters. I am not doing Chaplain decals but they are sure handy for vehicle nicknames and such!


Dry transfers can be applied to clear decal film...best of both worlds.
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Posted: Monday, December 21, 2015 - 02:01 AM UTC

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Dry transfers are cheap and come in white. I found a variety of fonts including old English style, German Gothic and block letters. I am not doing Chaplain decals but they are sure handy for vehicle nicknames and such!


Dry transfers can be applied to clear decal film...best of both worlds.


Archer also sell stuff called 'Wet Media Paper' which you rub the dry-transfer onto so that it 'picks-up' water soluble glue. You then cut the transfer from the paper as per a normal decal, soak and apply. The beauty of this is that there's no clear film around the decal. More info here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHlBDQmv1pI

(I've no connection with the Archer company, I just think the product is great)

Here's a photo of a braille scale Sherman I'm working on. The yellow and white markings are dry-transfers applied directly on matt paint via the 'Wet Media Paper'.


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Posted: Thursday, December 24, 2015 - 06:47 AM UTC
Check these transfers out.
http://www.scalelink.co.uk/acatalog/World_War_Two_1_35_Decal_sets.html
Took me a while to find this lead, hope it helps.
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Posted: Thursday, December 24, 2015 - 08:59 AM UTC
Excellent! Thanks a million.

Cheers,

Christophe
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Posted: Thursday, December 24, 2015 - 03:44 PM UTC
Hi David,

Merry Christmas!

Did you try SMA?
I saw they also have some interesting figures. But since the pictures on their website are quite vague one can not define detail quality.
And on modeling fora they are not seen either.

Someone ever tried them?

P.
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Posted: Thursday, December 24, 2015 - 09:08 PM UTC
Merry Christmas to every one.
Checking out the link Powder supplied I watched some of the Archer tutorials . I would go with Archer transfers .
After Christmas I'm going to head to the local hobby store and get some dry transfers and some of their decal paper and try my hand at them . That pic of Ave Maria looks like an interesting build with the name across the wind shield, the cab, side mounted spare and wire cutter .
Dave
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Posted: Thursday, December 24, 2015 - 11:23 PM UTC

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Hi David,

Merry Christmas!

Did you try SMA?
I saw they also have some interesting figures. But since the pictures on their website are quite vague one can not define detail quality.
And on modeling fora they are not seen either.

Someone ever tried them?

P.


Not David, but I'll comment anyway. ;-)

SMA went belly up many years ago, Scale Link probably bought some moulds and old stock. Elite Models of Germany also bought/reworked SMA masters. SMA wasn't the greatest amongst resin manufacturers IMVHO, not AEF Designs bad but average at best. I don't recall their figures (or their kits) to be especially spectacular but they had a nice eclectic range at the time...

Cheers,

Christophe
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Posted: Friday, December 25, 2015 - 01:16 AM UTC
Scale Models and Accessories from the UK made a dry transfer in white SMAP048 in yellow SMAP047 It has the Chaplain markings and Photographer / MP to. For JEEP markings
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Posted: Friday, December 25, 2015 - 07:06 AM UTC
Check THIS out. Pretty simple and straightforward process. If you have Gothic/Medieval fonts, "Ave Maria" is doable.
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Posted: Friday, December 25, 2015 - 07:18 AM UTC
Not that easy for white, you have to print olive drab around the letters on white decal paper?

Cheers,

Christophe
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Posted: Friday, December 25, 2015 - 08:56 AM UTC
Chrisophe
Thanks for taking the post from Paul. It did sound like it was meant more for you.
Sounds like Archer's new decal paper make's the making of white letter decals easier . I'm going to review the Archer tutorial's on their dry transfers and like I said earlier get some of the decal paper and some letters try to make a water slid decal.If I have any luck with it I will let you know.

Dave
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Posted: Friday, December 25, 2015 - 10:26 AM UTC

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Not that easy for white, you have to print olive drab around the letters on white decal paper?

Cheers,

Christophe


Uh, no. You type the text, choosing "White" as the font color, directly onto the area which is the necessary fill/background color. In your case, that would be Olive Drab. You can get the closest match by using the paint dropper, or whatever the heck the tool is called in whatever program you use, for a custom color from a color chip online. Read Making White text with Hobbycal Decal Paper for a more detailed explanation. So, it actually is that easy.
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Posted: Friday, December 25, 2015 - 12:04 PM UTC

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Chrisophe
Thanks for taking the post from Paul. It did sound like it was meant more for you.
Sounds like Archer's new decal paper make's the making of white letter decals easier . I'm going to review the Archer tutorial's on their dry transfers and like I said earlier get some of the decal paper and some letters try to make a water slid decal.If I have any luck with it I will let you know.

Dave


Dave, just to clarify my earlier post. Archer sell two products;

Clear Decal Film, http://www.archertransfers.com/AR22002.html

Wet Medium Paper, http://www.archertransfers.com/AR22001.html

The Clear Decal Film is probably no different from any other decal film from another manufacturer, and is what Chris Green mentioned earlier. The Wet Medium Paper is the stuff that I was talking about, and has no clear film. The tutorials outline the pros & cons of each.
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Posted: Friday, December 25, 2015 - 04:18 PM UTC
Although they cater mainly to Model Railroaders, Microscale Decals might have a set that would work for CHAPLAIN jeep, Might be able to piece together the crosses from the letter"T".

Alphabets and Numbers
http://www.microscale.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=ALPHA

Suggest
http://www.microscale.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=MD&Product_Code=90301&Category_Code=ALPHA

They also have a few Military decals
http://www.microscale.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=MILITARY
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Posted: Friday, December 25, 2015 - 07:10 PM UTC
Hopefully Archer might take note here. These folks want Chaplin markings for the jeep. I would certainly make the same request regarding Combat Photographer markings for the jeep. (1/35th scale please)
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Posted: Friday, December 25, 2015 - 07:54 PM UTC

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Hopefully Archer might take note here. These folks want Chaplin markings for the jeep. I would certainly make the same request regarding Combat Photographer markings for the jeep. (1/35th scale please)


Hi Mike

In the meantime, the SMA sheet has a "photographer" marking...



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Posted: Friday, December 25, 2015 - 08:47 PM UTC

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Dry transfers are cheap and come in white. I found a variety of fonts including old English style, German Gothic and block letters. I am not doing Chaplain decals but they are sure handy for vehicle nicknames and such!


Dry transfers can be applied to clear decal film...best of both worlds.


Archer also sell stuff called 'Wet Media Paper' which you rub the dry-transfer onto so that it 'picks-up' water soluble glue. You then cut the transfer from the paper as per a normal decal, soak and apply. The beauty of this is that there's no clear film around the decal. More info here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHlBDQmv1pI

(I've no connection with the Archer company, I just think the product is great)

Here's a photo of a braille scale Sherman I'm working on. The yellow and white markings are dry-transfers applied directly on matt paint via the 'Wet Media Paper'.



Ive used archer products too. I love them ! might be your answer !
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