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Post by Cosmic on Jan 23, 2012 15:59:28 GMT -5
Well, I was reminiscing about my days at art college.....it was only last year but I miss it........and I remembered using 'Letraset transfer letters'. They're incredibly easy to use and so I thought, has anyone thought about using these on models? Especially vehicles. They don't leave a shiny effect around the letters like normal transfers, as it's basically just ink. I was looking for good fonts and I found this one... www.amazon.co.uk/Rubdown-Lettering-A5-English-Black/dp/B0027ITKP4/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1327351717&sr=8-9Any thoughts? Would people contemplate using them? |
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Post by AshotNINJA on Jan 23, 2012 16:04:47 GMT -5
yeah i used to use alot of letraset for making filmwork as my job as a screenprinter... although computers and digital printers make filmwork for me now... but back when i first started i used to make film by hand and i loved letraset... i cant see why it wouldnt work on models... although its really hard to get ahold of propper letraset these days
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Post by AshotNINJA on Jan 23, 2012 16:07:17 GMT -5
screw it... im buying some
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Post by Cosmic on Jan 23, 2012 16:21:23 GMT -5
Haha I had a look on the actual Letraset website and they've got loads, and I've just done a tester...  Not too bad, just takes some practice. |
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Post by AshotNINJA on Jan 23, 2012 16:55:13 GMT -5
nice... that does look pretty perfect... i really dislike the transfers that come with the vehicles anyway... they never seem to have the style that i want... Helvetic MC is the font im after and there on amazon... so i just brought a few sheets... yay! to think that i binned literally thousands of sheet and font books almost a decade ago kinda annoys me now..
cheers cosmic for reminding me of it..
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Post by 3ff3ct on Jan 24, 2012 2:58:20 GMT -5
My only problem is getting the individual letters lined up right as a word, its a bit fiddly. Other than that, they are vastly superior to the transfers  |
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Post by dcrabb on Jan 25, 2012 11:24:57 GMT -5
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Post by Cosmic on Jan 25, 2012 11:38:24 GMT -5
But are they normal transfers? Cut them out, soak them and apply them?
Letraset you literally just rub it on. No Micro-set or Micro-sol to get a good finish, no matt varnish. Just the tip of a paintbrush.
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Post by balashivo on Jan 26, 2012 14:03:32 GMT -5
Back during the second ed era I used similar transfers from Avery. I loved them cause you didnt have to do an extra gloss cote to hide the glossy outline . Also, sice there is no carrier film on the model it is impossable to get a silvering effect as with improperly applied watertransfers. Im going to have to stop by office depot later and see what the have
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