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Need 1:25 NOS trademark decals (nitrious, of course) for two builds.


W Humble

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Thanks for this opportunity!  1.) I'm looking for some 1:25 NOS trademark decals (nitrous, of course) for two builds.  I have some very old things to trade in the decal line. 

Which brings me to 2.) Is there any way to 'restore' an old decal sheet?  Or even a newer one?  

I have several Gofer sponsor decal sheets, only about 6 years old (though how long on the shop's rack, I don't know!) and when I tried to use some I had been waiting to use they just disintegrated.  I used warm water and a tiny bit of dish detergent, which used to work best.  I have Microsol and Microset, but these didn't get to the kit surface.  I don't count on a sixty-year-old decal coming off the paper in one piece -- though some certainly do -- but...  ?!  One source mentioned that spraying a thin film of clear lacquer on the sheet might re-constitute an age-cracked decal.  I remember a biker mag showing a how-to on taking an image from a clay-based magazine page pic by tacking it down and spraying on a number of coats of clear lac, then doing the waterside routine.  They laminated it down (usually from some centerfold, btw!) with more clear on tanks, fenders, etc.  Never tried it.

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They would be very welcome!  Do you have any needs, esp very old stuff?  Most but not all of mine are 1959-66.  I converted a Burrago die-cast 240Z to a BBC drag car and used my Brock/Morton race #46 decals. Thus the NOS!  I'll try to get photos and post when it's assembled.

  Wick Humble 3191 Coronado Rd. Chico, Ca 95973

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Oh, yes!  Look great, and thanks so much! 

You a classic chevy guy?  My first car, which I'm modeling*, was a '55 Delray 2-dr 'post', built 265, lowered, striped, lakes pipes, moons, etc.  I could never afford a 1;1 ver now!  BTW, if you know of any delelict '55 1:25 kits, I came up short bumpers and tail-lights, darn.  Also modeled my '51 Ford, '65 Pontiac Tempest, and '70 240Z.  (I hate calling them 'Tri-5'; just me!)

*Tricky, combining 1:24 and 1:25 bodies in one mash-up to get a post version!

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1 hour ago, W Humble said:

Oh, yes!  Look great, and thanks so much! 

You a classic chevy guy?  My first car, which I'm modeling*, was a '55 Delray 2-dr 'post', built 265, lowered, striped, lakes pipes, moons, etc.  I could never afford a 1;1 ver now!  BTW, if you know of any delelict '55 1:25 kits, I came up short bumpers and tail-lights, darn.  Also modeled my '51 Ford, '65 Pontiac Tempest, and '70 240Z.  (I hate calling them 'Tri-5'; just me!)

*Tricky, combining 1:24 and 1:25 bodies in one mash-up to get a post version!

Glad you got the decals Wick.  Yes, the blue 57 in my Avatar photo is my 1:1 Belair 2dr post.   

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