Decals?

[UglyDog]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1415275671' post='2598636']
Don Van Vilet can get away with it because he's from the US. Most of us on here aren't.
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Decal is an abbreviation of [i]decalcomania[/i], which is the English version of the French word [i]décalcomanie.[/i] Refers to a technique invented by the French engraver Simon François Ravenet in a process he called "décalquer" ('to copy by tracing').
So it's about as American as boeuf bourguignon

[uncle psychosis]

[quote name='danbowskill' timestamp='1415210150' post='2597958']
Anyone on here know where I can find a 70s p bass decal? [/quote]

....on the headstock of a 70s P bass?

Wayhay!!!

[danbowskill]

Well northwest won't ever be doing them again! They told me they had received a threatening legal letter from fender!...waiting to hear back from Crox.
I very much doubt fender decals are really going to effect fenders profits.....all seems a bit petty!

Edited November 6, 2014 by danbowskill

[BigRedX]

[quote name='UglyDog' timestamp='1415283062' post='2598734']
Decal is an abbreviation of [i]decalcomania[/i], which is the English version of the French word [i]décalcomanie.[/i] Refers to a technique invented by the French engraver Simon François Ravenet in a process he called "décalquer" ('to copy by tracing').
So it's about as American as boeuf bourguignon
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Exactly - it's an American abbreviation. They like that sort of thing. In the UK we get on an call it what it is: a transfer.

[UglyDog]

You can call it a transfer if you want. I call it a decal, and have done so since my very first clumsily-glued-together Spitfire. If it's good enough for Airfix, it's good enough for me
Back on topic for a second -- I'll have a quick rummage at home later, I might still have a 70s P [b]decal[/b] lurking somewhere. Can't promise anything.

[ras52]

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1415286934' post='2598795']
....on the headstock of a 70s P bass?

Wayhay!!!
[/quote]

Is the correct answer!

[KevB]

Maybe the guy at Limelight has some left over if he's decided not to use them any more?

[BigRedX]

[quote name='UglyDog' timestamp='1415291186' post='2598880']
You can call it a transfer if you want. I call it a decal, and have done so since my very first clumsily-glued-together Spitfire. If it's good enough for Airfix, it's good enough for me
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It was a while ago, but I'm pretty certain that back in the days when I used to make Airfix kits they were called transfers.

[ras52]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1415356905' post='2599492']
It was a while ago, but I'm pretty certain that back in the days when I used to make Airfix kits they were called transfers.
[/quote]

Was it Revell that called them decals?

[discreet]

I hesitate to get into such a geeky argument, but Airfix still call them 'decals' on their website - I just looked. Yes, I know.

[UglyDog]

Kinda wish I hadn't said anything now.

[HengistPod]

I got a couple of Airfix kits for my 7-year old last Xmas. The Mosquito/Me262 "Dogfight Doubles" one, and a Spitfire.

Needless to say, I ended up painting and making them whilst pretending to let him help. I wish they'd had Superglue when I was small - far easier than "polystyrene cement" with rubber bands holding fuselages together til it dried.

Anyway, I'd like to note that the decals/transfers you get with them nowadays are RUBBISH. They all lasted about two days, dried up and fell off.

[UglyDog]

I haven't made a model aeroplane for donkey's ages. In fact one of the last ones I did was a Matchbox Spitfire Mk.24, the 1:32 scale one. Really took my time over it and the results were, if I say so myself, bloody good. The level of detail on that big Griffon engine was superb. It's now long gone unfortunately, but I could quite fancy building another. In fact I see there's one on fleaBay for a tenner... and some upgrade bits too... hmmm...

[Telebass]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1415274205' post='2598593']


Transfers.
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yup.

[Painy]

Try this item number on eBay-

261651210710

Looks like it's one item in an auction though rather than a store selling lots of them so if you miss it there might not be any more!

[discreet]

[quote name='UglyDog' timestamp='1415364953' post='2599615']
I haven't made a model aeroplane for donkey's ages. In fact one of the last ones I did was a Matchbox Spitfire Mk.24, the 1:32 scale one. Really took my time over it and the results were, if I say so myself, bloody good. The level of detail on that big Griffon engine was superb. It's now long gone unfortunately, but I could quite fancy building another. In fact I see there's one on fleaBay for a tenner... and some upgrade bits too... hmmm...
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It's obvious you have too much time on your hands as you're on Basschat, but this proves it.

Edited November 8, 2014 by discreet

[Billy Apple]

After years of making a bodge of Airfix kits and being left in the shade by my brother (who used to win competitions with them) I decided to build a BMW R69 motorcycle kit properly. I laid out my work space, had a craft knife, sandpaper, glue, all the paints and everything. I painted all the parts on the sprue then sanding off the remainder when removed to touch up.

All was going swimmingly until I started having problems putting in the shaft drive. There was no hole for it to locate into the engine. I spent hours studying the plans and thinking that the hole must not have been formed properly and there must be a fault with the kit.

Till I realised I'd glued the engine back to front in the frame. D'oh!

And in the bin it went.

[skankdelvar]

[quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1415474697' post='2600788']
And in the bin it went.
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There is an ineffable [i]tristesse[/i] about this post that makes me want to stare at fallen autumn leaves.
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Edited November 8, 2014 by skankdelvar

[Dad3353]

[size=4][quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1415474697' post='2600788']...
And in the bin it went.
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[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1415475626' post='2600799']
There is an ineffable [i]tristesse[/i] about this post that makes me want to stare at fallen autumn leaves.[color=#ffffff].[/color]
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I, too, am moved but, as one Stoic to another...[/size]

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[size=4](...and it's 'transfers'... )[/size]

Edited November 8, 2014 by Dad3353

[discreet]

http://youtu.be/C1hyG3rL_IA

[Dad3353]

Thanks for that; very soothing, although I was really shocked (as in 'startled'...) by the way that ended. I certainly wasn't expecting that..! Brilliant..! [size=4] [/size]