The Marmo Method Modelbuilding Guide #4: How To Make Your Own Decals
Nonfiction, Home & Garden, Crafts & Hobbies, Model Railroading, Models
| Author: | Richard Marmo | ISBN: | 9781311561022 |
| Publisher: | Rincom Productions | Publication: | March 3, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Richard Marmo |
| ISBN: | 9781311561022 |
| Publisher: | Rincom Productions |
| Publication: | March 3, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
The fourth Marmo Method Modelbuilding Guide answers the question asked by a wide range of creative people...from modelbuilders to crafters of all types. Namely, how to make your own decals. Decal paper, in both clear and white, are now available that are designed to work with inkjet printers...and some with laser printers. Today, you can make your own decals, once you know how to do it. Manufacturers try to help you...even to the point of embedding video clips in their websites...by providing some level of instructions as far as printing the images are concerned. What they don’t tell you is how to create the image in the first place, a fact that is the genesis for this ebook.
This Guide includes discussions on equipment and software as well as techniques dealing with resizing, restoration of damaged areas and more. Several brands of paper are dealt with, along with the necessary fixatives needed to waterproof your decals.
An essential Guide for serious modelbuilders. Diecast collectors will be able to create needed decals to restore or convert those expensive diecast models as well. Then there are model railroaders, a wide range of crafters and on and on. Virtually anyone who has a need for custom markings in decal form will find this Guide of valuable to them.
The fourth Marmo Method Modelbuilding Guide answers the question asked by a wide range of creative people...from modelbuilders to crafters of all types. Namely, how to make your own decals. Decal paper, in both clear and white, are now available that are designed to work with inkjet printers...and some with laser printers. Today, you can make your own decals, once you know how to do it. Manufacturers try to help you...even to the point of embedding video clips in their websites...by providing some level of instructions as far as printing the images are concerned. What they don’t tell you is how to create the image in the first place, a fact that is the genesis for this ebook.
This Guide includes discussions on equipment and software as well as techniques dealing with resizing, restoration of damaged areas and more. Several brands of paper are dealt with, along with the necessary fixatives needed to waterproof your decals.
An essential Guide for serious modelbuilders. Diecast collectors will be able to create needed decals to restore or convert those expensive diecast models as well. Then there are model railroaders, a wide range of crafters and on and on. Virtually anyone who has a need for custom markings in decal form will find this Guide of valuable to them.
