Big_Boy_4005 posted:Nick12DMC posted:I’ve been playing around with this over the weekend.
Picked it up at Ready to Roll a couple of years back. As soon as I saw this water tower I knew what I wanted to do to it.
I used inkjet water slide transfer paper.
Nick
Tell us more about the decal process Nick. Details please. That turned out great, and on a curved surface no less. Great movie!
Hi Elliot, It was a bit more involved than I first thought.
The easy bit is printing the sheet. Use a semi gloss setting on the inkjet printer and a high quality print option if you have it. Fill the page with as many copies of the decal to maximise the space.
Then you let the ink dry and then spray 3 coats of rattle can automotive clear.
Leave about 30min between coats and then I left it overnight in a warm room to dry.
Then cut out the decal keeping close so as to avoid having to much “film” showing round the decal.
Then place in a bowl of warm water. I found I had to leave it soaking for a good 10 minutes. Before it would come off the backing paper. Even then I had to tease it off with an xacto knife.
Once off the backing it was pretty easy to place but care is needed to avoid damaging the decal as they are fragile.
The one shown in the picture is the second attempt.
I want to add in some of my favourite movies into the layout. Obviously got to feature a DeLorean somewhere
. I picked up a Silvercup Bread craftsman sign kit. I plan use this to recreate the battle scene from Highlander or the Queen rock video from the films soundtrack. Which use the sign as a backdrop. I just need to find some O gauge sword fighting figures or rock band figures.
Nick
