AC Norton Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 ...thought I would share something that just moments ago came in an email to me.......Billy Gooche told me that his family no longer wants to bother with the decal business, and he cannot manage it alone for health reasons. he also said a friend was looking into possibly taking over, but that's just a maybe.....so, its now shut down and the reason so many of us have had no contact with Gooche for months now........just thought I'd spread the unfortunate news.......the Ace........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High octane Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Thanks for the info, even if it's not what we want to hear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AC Norton Posted July 20, 2016 Author Share Posted July 20, 2016 Thanks for the info, even if it's not what we want to hear. so sure, Nick.....I'm like Don Corleone, I insist on the bad news first...lol....the Ace.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nytrozilla Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 I want to take a moment to thank his daughter for getting the line back up and running on Ebay in the first place. I moved heaven and earth to get a set of his 66/67 Schumacher Stardust decals. Then she came along and saved the day.I recently saw some saying they were closing the Ebay store, sadly now, it's reality. I wish I had the resources to acquire the line.My best wishes to the entire Gooche family as they deal with their issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Very sad news, especially coming on the heels of Modelhaus closing. I always meant to get a set of the Mr. Unswitchable decals and never got around to it. Sigh.Here's hoping someone else picks up the line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 I knew his daughter was selling the decals on e-bay last time,I had heard Billy himself had died a few years ago.Kinda figured they were out of business when they disappeared from e-bay several months ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 I wonder what will happen with all the artwork. I never tried them but I heard they were of good quality and printed on Alps. It tales a long time to clean up artwork (and vectorize it) to produce good quality decals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelnutz57 Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 To anyone who is looking for gooche decal artwork,I have some of it ready to print on an alps printer.Just contact me and we can work something out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtx6970 Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 To anyone who is looking for gooche decal artwork,I have some of it ready to print on an alps printer.Just contact me and we can work something out.Got any kind of a list ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelnutz57 Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 http://public.fotki.com/rwildeone/model-reference/model-box-art-and-i/decal-scans/billy-gooche-decals/Anything on this list I probably have.i can let you know if I don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 What format is the artwork in? Corel Draw or Adobe Illustrator? What program version? Or is it in some different format? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooOld Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 What format is the artwork in? Corel Draw or Adobe Illustrator? What program version? Or is it in some different format?This was my first thought too , the artwork needs to be in a SVG format to be useful . If they're a bitmap or anything else they'll need to be redrawn using Corel or AI . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 This was my first thought too , the artwork needs to be in a SVG format to be useful . If they're a bitmap or anything else they'll need to be redrawn using Corel or AI .To be pedantic, any vector-graphic format. SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) is just one specific type of formats for storing vector graphics. Corel uses its own format (.CDR file extension) and Adobe uses .AI file extension. But of course there are ways to convert between various formats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 To anyone who is looking for gooche decal artwork,I have some of it ready to print on an alps printer.Just contact me and we can work something out.I am looking for the Ramchargers 1965 Dodge Coronet decals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairlane1320 Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 To anyone who is looking for gooche decal artwork,I have some of it ready to print on an alps printer.Just contact me and we can work something out.PM sent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelnutz57 Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 To anyone who want to know they were all done with paint shop pro.They would be printable with an alps printer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 (edited) To anyone who want to know they were all done with paint shop pro.They would be printable with an alps printer.Interesting. I always thought of Paint Shop Pro as a raster (bitmap) editor, but looking a bit deeper it seems that version 7 and later can handle vector graphics too. I use Corel Draw 10 and I don't see any easy way to import Paint Shop Pro files into Corel. Edited September 21, 2016 by peteski Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychographic Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Interesting. I always thought of Paint Shop Pro as a raster (bitmap) editor, but looking a bit deeper it seems that version 7 and later can handle vector graphics too. I use Corel Draw 10 and I don't see any easy way to import Paint Shop Pro files into Corel.What file extension do you need it in? I have two versions of PSP and could export it for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelnutz57 Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 The original files were done with paint shop pro 7 but can be imported even into corel paint shop x2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelnutz57 Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 To Snake45,I can sell you the files to print the Mr.Unswitchable ,but you need to find some to print them.If you are interested let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 What file extension do you need it in? I have two versions of PSP and could export it for you.I use Corel Draw 10 (and 12), so the native format is .CDR, but it can also import many other formats (but not .PSP). My Corel Draw is rather old, so maybe the never versions can directly import .PSP files. The problem with import/export is that you often lose layer settings and everything gets imported as a large group of objects.I should also say that I'm not really thinking of picking up the artwork, but I'm glad to see that the artwork was done in vector-graphic format and that it has been passed onto someone who will continue the business instead of just being stagnant on some old computer.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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