@brianel_k-lineguy posted:Rob, your line here grabbed my attention. I have been considering the K4 decals. Are all the K4 decals like that? To me, pixelated means they aren't sharp... that you can see the dot pattern. Is it just yellow and white allowing underlying color to bleed through, or is it all colors on their line up. They have a very nice line up of decals and the multiple scale choice is a bonus too.
Being more on the "toy" side, I do like my decals to be solid color and not allow bleed through. Though it's added work (and more problematic over uneven surfaces), I've also done what @JohnA suggested with the double layering of decals.
I also like the white to be nice and white and not subdued in intensity. I have purchased decals in the past from other companies where the white color is more subdued, which I do suppose would appeal to a scale enthusiast seeking more visual realism maybe without the added process of weathering.
Just curious as to your thoughts.
I have purchased and applied multiple sets of K4 decals for Frisco and QA&P GP7's. The lettering, stripes, and safety hashes are all yellow. When I put on magnifying glasses to do touchup work I can see the individual dots that form the decal image...this is what I meant in saying the decals are pixelated. I actually don't find this as a problem because it gives a weathered look to the locomotive. Frisco geeps were usually weather beaten and dirty in appearance. There are closeup photos of these projects on this forum and on the Frisco.org O gauge forum. Presently I am re-lettering Lionel double sheathed boxcars with QA&P decals printed by K4. In addition to all white lettering these sets include a black and white coonskin logo which is very opaque. A closeup photo of one of these projects can be seen on the forum thread dealing with modified Lionel products.
Microscale makes a wonderful set of locomotive decals for Frisco black and yellow cab units. I have also used these multiple times, and enjoy the results.
