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[MaterJace98]

I'm looking for some German Waffen ss helmet decals. I have some some 1/35 ones but I think they're too small. If any one know where I can find some, please let me know.

 

[Mitch]

MaterJace98...

If you can buy some decal paper, waterslide decal paper you can make your own. Its best on a laser jet printer as you then don't have to cover it with a spray adhesive to stop the ink running when you place them in water.. Find the images you want and, then shrink them down on your computer. Its fiddly getting the sizes but, you can get thousands of decals on an A4 sheet.

I have used Verlinden decals and, some of the Bison decals have helmet decals which, are more like 1/32nd which are better. I use Archer transfers which, on the whole are quite good. There is sadly, very little covering our hobby scale
Mitch

I'm looking for some German Waffen ss helmet decals. I have some some 1/35 ones but I think they're too small. If any one know where I can find some, please let me know.

 

[ostrein]

MaterJace98...

If you can buy some decal paper, waterslide decal paper you can make your own. Its best on a laser jet printer as you then don't have to cover it with a spray adhesive to stop the ink running when you place them in water.. Find the images you want and, then shrink them down on your computer. Its fiddly getting the sizes but, you can get thousands of decals on an A4 sheet.

I have used Verlinden decals and, some of the Bison decals have helmet decals which, are more like 1/32nd which are better. I use Archer transfers which, on the whole are quite good. There is sadly, very little covering our hobby scale
Mitch

Just scan the 1/35 decals in. Use Paintshop/photoshop/etc to lighten the image until the background-transferpaper becomes invisible (white), scale it up and print it on decal paper (laser-jet if you can).

Oliver

 

[Mitch]

Oliver...

Clever!! I had not thought about scaling up always scaled down to get a really chrisp image. I will try that later on with some of the Totenkopf decals I am working on at the moment. Cheers
Mitch

Just scan the 1/35 decals in. Use Paintshop/photoshop/etc to lighten the image until the background-transferpaper becomes invisible (white), scale it up and print it on decal paper (laser-jet if you can).

Oliver

 

[ostrein]

Oliver...

Clever!! I had not thought about scaling up always scaled down to get a really chrisp image. I will try that later on with some of the Totenkopf decals I am working on at the moment. Cheers
Mitch

Mitch,

in this case its ok, upscaling from 1/35 to 1/30 (or whatever scale KCs are). Certainly its better to scale down - as long as you scan them in with a high resolution.
With all of the decals I get, I always scan them in for backup! You never know when you need them especially when the decals are older.

Oliver