Does anyone make copies of their decals and Photo Etch?
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Richard Baker
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A number of people scan and reprint decals- OK as long as you own the original decal sheet and it is for your own use.
Photoetch is very complicated to produce (special films and chemicals just to make a single layer) on your own, it would be easier and cheaper to just buy an additional set (plus it gives the person who spent considerable time creating it the ability to continue making product)
Photoetch is very complicated to produce (special films and chemicals just to make a single layer) on your own, it would be easier and cheaper to just buy an additional set (plus it gives the person who spent considerable time creating it the ability to continue making product)
Yeah this would be strictly for my own personal use.
As for the PE, I wasn't planning on making it out of metal, rather resin printing it. I just verified my printer can handle .1mm with no problem and go down to .047mm, so it should be able to print small detailed parts for when a PE part flies across the room into the unknown, which has happened to me a few times!
I have done decals. I scanned the Moebius classic Battlestar decals, cleaned them up and made the shade of red darker.
I also have just scanned a copy of the Polar Lights 1/1000 D-7 decals. I messed up the first set and scanned a set from another copy of the model I own.
Important safety tip: Micro-Sol and Micro-Set are not interchangeable.
I also have just scanned a copy of the Polar Lights 1/1000 D-7 decals. I messed up the first set and scanned a set from another copy of the model I own.
Important safety tip: Micro-Sol and Micro-Set are not interchangeable.
