Tom Geiger Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 The International Scout that I'm building is a replica of a truck that had a white scallop design on the doors. Does anyone know of a kit decal of a white scallop? I had a sheet of K-Dog decals of white scallops that I had bought and saved for this project, but it disintegrated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Smith Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 (edited) Tom - I have a Fred Cady white scallop sheet I believe - do you have an idea of size and shape? I can dig it out and check. Edited January 27, 2015 by Erik Smith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisdonm Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 You could cut scallops out of a sheet of white decal paper. Hobby Lobby carries it, be sure to use the discount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share Posted January 27, 2015 (edited) Tom - I have a Fred Cady white scallop sheet I believe - do you have an idea of size and shape? I can dig it out and check. The area is 1-3/4" long by a bit more than a 1/2" high. Thanks Eric! I do have white decal paper, but fear I wouldn't be able to cut the tight curves inside the design. I was hoping that someone would mention a kit decal, maybe even one I had in my stash! I did find a little pin striping design I could use, different but still filling in the door space with a white design Edited January 27, 2015 by Tom Geiger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxer Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 (edited) The area is 1-3/4" long by a bit more than a 1/2" high. Thanks Eric! I do have white decal paper, but fear I wouldn't be able to cut the tight curves inside the design. I was hoping that someone would mention a kit decal, maybe even one I had in my stash! I did find a little pin striping design I could use, different but still filling in the door space with a white design My wife got a Silhouette Cutter for her hobby and I've been dying to try it out on decals. I'd be happy to try some scallops on white decal paper if you can send me the artwork, Tom. I use Photoshop for my graphics work so I should be able to use anything you come up with. Send me a PM if you'd like to try. Edited January 28, 2015 by Foxer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 My wife got a Silhouette Cutter for her hobby and I've been dying to try it out on decals. I'd be happy to try some scallops on white decal paper if you can send me the artwork, Tom. I use Photoshop for my graphics work so I should be able to use anything you come up with. Send me a PM if you'd like to try. You could cut scallops out of a sheet of white decal paper. Hobby Lobby carries it, be sure to use the discount. Thanks. I spent the evening trying that. I printed my scallops on the back of the decal sheet and tried to cut it out. As I suspected, the issue became the tiny little curve. I tried to cut it with the eXacto blade using a metal drafting template. No go, I just couldn't cut a half circle that tiny. Once I did get a sloppy scallop cut out, I tested it in water, and it shattered. I guess all that work cutting out the tiny decal flexed the decal material too much. As of right now, I found a tiny "flourish" a small pin stripe arch design that was on the old Green Hornet decal sheet. I went through six of them to get two to go on the doors! Somehow these just wouldn't separate from the backing sheet, and I wound up piecing them together once they did. Not a good night with decals! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Smith Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Tom - here is a pic of the Fred Cady Scallops. I can't photograph the white, but the black is the same patterns (minus the missing ones). Let me know if any look like they might work and I can get a better pic or drop them in the mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 Thanks for posting them Eric. Not exactly what I needed, so I'll stick with the little flourish design that I found this evening. Close enough for what I'm doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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