That looks great. When you are setting up the decals in publisher if you click on whatever you're working on to select it, you can right click and the copy menu will come up. Just a couple less steps!
Thank you. I usually do just that, but I was trying to make it simple for people that don't usually work with Publisher. You can also hold the control key and zoom in and out with the mouse wheel. So much easier.
Awesome Mark. I have decal sheets, clear and white, that don't require the clear spray on them. I was a little hesitant about it, but it worked out and they don't curl up. Great tutorial!!!
Your video is great. I have two, ( count them ), 2 18th scale die cast units that I want to add decals to. One is a ‘55 Chevy panel, a Coca-Cola version, stripped to bare metal & custom painted, leaving the panel to cover. The other is a ‘55 Jeep panel. Executioner Red was the colour pick. This unit had “ Lucky “ on the panel. Still looking for something to put there. I have played with these for a bit & can never seem to get the decals to look good when printing them. I do think your video will help put them on the correct path. Thank you for a great video. Your vehicle appears to be heading to a outstanding finished project.
Hi Mark just what i needed,ordered at Amazon last week 20 sheets of transperent and 20 sheets of white decalpaper with a spraycan Edding protection clearvarnish, just came in this afternoon the 28 th. You explain easy how you do it, that is needed for my because i am a old grumpy fart also and not to clever with the PC and printer. But now i can go further and fill up my A4 sheet with logo,s etc that i like to print for a Tamiya Ford Mustang GT4 in the Marlboro livery. And from what i know,when you don,t sell those decals,your not getting in problems with the law,at least here in Europe. Nice thanksgiving and enjoy that big fat turkey
Looks awesome. When scaling and placement of layers, Photoshop is your friend or what I use is Gimp. Photograph your model and import into Photoshop/Gimp and then import the image on a different layer then move and scale freely.
I use Mac computers. You can use an open source Microsoft clone called Libre Office. They have a version for Mac. It's a full function Office suite and is completely free. Once you download it, go to settings and change all the default SAVE extensions to match Office 365. (docx, xlsx, etc) Use the Word program for the decals.
question about using things like Micro-sol and Micro-set on these homemade decals. Would these type of product ruin them, or would they work as they should to allow the decals to confirm to things like panel lines, and raised areas and prevent silvering? I ask because I have a couple of aircraft models that I will be needing custom decals on that nobody seems to make in the aftermarket, and this would be a perfect solution to my issue IF I am able to use setting solutions to allow it to conform to inset panel lines on the plane.
You should create a shared network folder. You can have that same folder on both computers and just put it in from one computer and take it out of the folder on the other one. There is no need for email
That looks great. When you are setting up the decals in publisher if you click on whatever you're working on to select it, you can right click and the copy menu will come up. Just a couple less steps!
Thank you. I usually do just that, but I was trying to make it simple for people that don't usually work with Publisher. You can also hold the control key and zoom in and out with the mouse wheel. So much easier.
@@grandpamarkshobbies Yup. Everyone learned differently!
@@stephenirvin4426 is publisher part of micro office thanks
Yes it is.
I've been using it for years.
Awesome Mark. I have decal sheets, clear and white, that don't require the clear spray on them. I was a little hesitant about it, but it worked out and they don't curl up. Great tutorial!!!
Oh wow. I would like to know what that is. I just used my last sheet of white yesterday.
@grandpamarkshobbies So the one I have is Koala paper brand and it says No Need Spray inkjet and laser. I got it from Amazon.
Just ordered some. Thanks.
Thanks Mark always wanted to make some of my own custom decals great video
Thank you very much.
Looks really nice! Thanks for sharing your process. Have a great day!
Thank you very much. I hope it helps.
Your video is great. I have two, ( count them ), 2 18th scale die cast units that I want to add decals to. One is a ‘55 Chevy panel, a Coca-Cola version, stripped to bare metal & custom painted, leaving the panel to cover. The other is a ‘55 Jeep panel. Executioner Red was the colour pick. This unit had “ Lucky “ on the panel. Still looking for something to put there.
I have played with these for a bit & can never seem to get the decals to look good when printing them. I do think your video will help put them on the correct path.
Thank you for a great video. Your vehicle appears to be heading to a outstanding finished project.
Thank you very much. I'm so glad my video will help.
Hi Mark just what i needed,ordered at Amazon last week 20 sheets of transperent and 20 sheets of white decalpaper with a spraycan Edding protection clearvarnish, just came in this afternoon the 28 th. You explain easy how you do it, that is needed for my because i am a old grumpy fart also and not to clever with the PC and printer. But now i can go further and fill up my A4 sheet with logo,s etc that i like to print for a Tamiya Ford Mustang GT4 in the Marlboro livery. And from what i know,when you don,t sell those decals,your not getting in problems with the law,at least here in Europe. Nice thanksgiving and enjoy that big fat turkey
You just made my day. Thank you very VERY much.
great all that adjusting paid off
Thank you very much. I do that with most of my decals.
The Shark face goes great with that gray background. It's pretty much "Great White" gray. 🦈
Thank you very much. I didn't even think about that. Now I like it even more.
Great tutorial on decals. Thanks for sharing. Now I need to download a Publisher clone, get some decal paper and get to work. Thanks again!
Thank you very much. I am going to be teaching myself to use Scribus this winter. it is an open source program that is free.
Looks awesome Mark. Thanks, Ron
Thank you very much. I hope it helps.
That looks great
Thank you very much.
Looks awesome. When scaling and placement of layers, Photoshop is your friend or what I use is Gimp. Photograph your model and import into Photoshop/Gimp and then import the image on a different layer then move and scale freely.
Thank you very much. I will be loading GIMP. I have photoshop right now, but will be loosing it in the near future.
@ Gimp will be easy for you since you have PS experience.
I appreciate the heads up. When I retire I will be loosing my subscription to PS.
What is the name of program you used and do they have a version for an Apple computer?
I was using Microsoft Publisher. I'm not sure what it is, but I know Apple Computers have a much better choice.
I use Mac computers. You can use an open source Microsoft clone called Libre Office.
They have a version for Mac. It's a full function Office suite and is completely free.
Once you download it, go to settings and change all the default SAVE extensions to match Office 365. (docx, xlsx, etc)
Use the Word program for the decals.
Thank you very much for that. I didn't know.
@@MrSonnyJG I have a student version of excel, word. Will work with it?
Word will work.
Nice 😎😁
Thank you very much.
question about using things like Micro-sol and Micro-set on these homemade decals. Would these type of product ruin them, or would they work as they should to allow the decals to confirm to things like panel lines, and raised areas and prevent silvering? I ask because I have a couple of aircraft models that I will be needing custom decals on that nobody seems to make in the aftermarket, and this would be a perfect solution to my issue IF I am able to use setting solutions to allow it to conform to inset panel lines on the plane.
I've used them both with these decals and it's worked great. I did test it on a plastic spoon i painted with the same gray I had on the ship.
You should create a shared network folder. You can have that same folder on both computers and just put it in from one computer and take it out of the folder on the other one. There is no need for email
That is a great idea!!!!! I'll go on line and look up how to do that. Thank you very much.
Im assuming you used the white paper for this? It came out fantastic and you made making decals a lot less scary.
Thank you very much. I did use white decal paper.
Please tell me more about your printer. My printer won’t print white. Thanks!
I used white decal sheets. My printer will not print white.
@@grandpamarkshobbies Well duh! Sorry for the stupid question. I have decal paper that is clear, didn’t realize you could get white lol
No stupid questions. Now you know. I had to ask the same thing. If I could afford a printer that printed white I would be all over that.
How good is that hot rod going to look?
Thank you. I am very happy with how it ended up looking.