AC Norton Posted June 25, 2015 Posted June 25, 2015 hello....been out of the loop on building and buying for awhile now,,,but wanted to ask the crew if the gooche decals are worth getting. are the sheets old fred cady quality, or Slixx quality,,,,,fill me in , boys...thanks as always, the ace....
Mark Posted June 25, 2015 Posted June 25, 2015 They vary wildly. Some are very good, but I've got a '67 Cyclone annual kit sheet that is so pixelated that is unusable. Most are scans of original sheets, probably not quite as good as originals but much better than nothing.
vintagedragcrazy Posted June 25, 2015 Posted June 25, 2015 I've bought a bunch of them and they look real nice and the ones I've used so far have worked great as far as a seller on eBay they are great to deal with also. Vince
Ron Hamilton Posted June 25, 2015 Posted June 25, 2015 I bought a couple of them last week, but have yet to work with them. From the looks of the ones I have, they look as good as the old decals .
bigdrag1 Posted June 25, 2015 Posted June 25, 2015 Hey Alf, The Gooche Decals I bought a few weeks ago were Great. He offers a lot of stuff you just can`t find...
AC Norton Posted June 26, 2015 Author Posted June 26, 2015 ........all your comments are mostly positive re. his decals....that's great to hear, and thanks for your input , gents............the ace....
Snake45 Posted June 26, 2015 Posted June 26, 2015 Can you buy from them direct, without going through eBay? I'd like to buy several of his sheets and would like to just order them all at once and pay for one shipping and be done with it.
Krazy Rick Posted June 26, 2015 Posted June 26, 2015 As well - try Firebird Designs Type it in google ( although his site is a little tricky to navigate- once you figure it out, you'll be glad ) - his quality is nice & has a wide variety - he also does custom orders
Mark Posted June 26, 2015 Posted June 26, 2015 I've bought multiple sheets from Gooche on eBay; she will do combined shipping.
Maindrian Pace Posted July 1, 2015 Posted July 1, 2015 Gooche is actually a She. From what I've heard, the father died and now the daughter runs the company. I've bought three sheets from ebay, two were great, one was pixellated and not really usable. She apologized and offered a refund. I kept it anyway because nobody else made it. They have a lot of unique decals like that.
Bowtienutz Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 how do you contact them directly to go around ebay?
DRIPTROIT 71 Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 Gooche is great to deal with on Ebay, and ships fast. You might go to Ebay and send her a message direct with any questions. I ordered a set from her on Ebay, they were usable, but pixellated. It was a copy of the old 352 Peterbilt set, The company door logos were not bad, the scroll work was not usable. Again it comes down to what you are looking for. I wanted only the door logos and they were fine at a decent price. I would order again from them.
jbwelda Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 Hooray I can reply now! I have bought numerous sheets from her and they have all been great. I liked one so well I asked her if she would custom make me a sheet with one design on it a number of times in different sizes and offered her 20$ if so. she said 10 including postage would be fine. I like that. product arrived and its excellent. these decals respond really well to microsol and lay down flat and contour to curves really well even without the chemicals. I would 100% recommend her, fast shipping, good product, flexible and will do some kustom work. jb
magicmustang Posted July 23, 2015 Posted July 23, 2015 You can contact Nikki at poppawheelie65@yahoo.com. I have had very good results with her decals and would highly recommend them.
fseva Posted July 27, 2015 Posted July 27, 2015 Hooray I can reply now!I have bought numerous sheets from her and they have all been great. I liked one so well I asked her if she would custom make me a sheet with one design on it a number of times in different sizes and offered her 20$ if so. she said 10 including postage would be fine. I like that. product arrived and its excellent. these decals respond really well to microsol and lay down flat and contour to curves really well even without the chemicals. I would 100% recommend her, fast shipping, good product, flexible JB... I read on eBay that the decals are printed on sheets, meaning that you have to be careful cutting them out to avoid having too much clear carrier... Is that a problem, especially with the wild designs you have in your photos?
DaveM Posted July 27, 2015 Posted July 27, 2015 We used the old Fred Cady decals for ever, and they had to be cut. It's like any modeling skill. It's a bit unnerving the first time, but if you take you time, be patient, and practice on an unimportant section first, you will be fine. I have used both fine scissors and X-acto knives for this, but I prefer the scissors, as I don't seem to damage the edges of my decals as much. many modelers prefer the X-acto, or scalpel blades. I sometimes use the swivel knives used for fine stencil cutting. My best results with knives are when I don't cut through the backing. I use a very good light, and go slowly, making a clean cut through the film. If you make a rough spot on the edge of the decal. it can show a bit, but they still look better than many of the recent kit decals.
jbwelda Posted July 27, 2015 Posted July 27, 2015 (edited) Frank this is typical of aftermarket decals. yes you have to trim close to the image but as said by Dave its not that big a deal. and in the image you see in the photos above, the decal was not clear coated but did have some microsol applied which help the decal and the carrier melt into the surface beneath it. I didn't go to any extreme lengths to trim right next to the image yet you still don't see much clear carrier (there is some along the needle part of the hypodermic syringe but even that is pretty minimal). the good side is that the decals are strong enough to not come apart even when you trim them down thin, but I did not trim around the needle very closely...if I had it probably would have been fine. I always trim my kit decals closer to the image than the way they are printed on the sheet anyhow so its not a bigger bother to cut out these aftermarket decals than it is applying individually printed decals.jb Edited July 27, 2015 by jbwelda i should concentrate on clarity in writing
DaveM Posted July 27, 2015 Posted July 27, 2015 JB, I just have to say... I dig that car! Is that the old Monogram Midget kit nose?
jbwelda Posted July 27, 2015 Posted July 27, 2015 thanks Dave, that is a resin body I adapted to a glue bomb sort of funny car chassis I bought on ebay. the nose I made up of parts from the Revell midget and some scrap plastic. shot it with automotive GM HHR sunburst orange I think it was, as an experiment in color matching for another project I am working on. glad you like it! it looks better in the pics than in real life I'm afraid. its not super detailed and the frame was out of wack a bit but it looks ok on the shelf.jb
Ron Hamilton Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 I bought a set of "Red Alert"decals to do that famous Chevelle Race Car. They look pretty good on the sheet. I'll let you know how they go on the car.
dragnut Posted August 5, 2015 Posted August 5, 2015 billie is no longer doing decals due to serious health issues. But his daughter took over for him and doing a bang up job if can provide any other info feel free to pm me thanks steve.
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