ratnasty Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 (edited) Hello guys I just recently bought a factory sealed Petty car for a good price and when I opened it I found that the decals had big scrape through the roof decal on the number 3 and the decals were printed with a big misalignment. So I sat down this afternoon and redrew a new set and will print them out on my Alps printer , hopefully I can get the stripes the right color , I'll play around with it till I get it right . Here are the factory MPC decals and my redrawn set thanks Chuck let me know what you think Edited June 4, 2013 by ratnasty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonekrosha Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 I think you should do 'em in 1/16th scale too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratnasty Posted May 27, 2013 Author Share Posted May 27, 2013 (edited) I decided to print the decals and try them out for size on the unpainted body and this is what I got ,I'm pretty happy with them Edited May 27, 2013 by ratnasty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towman1271 Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Looks great..........I wouldn't change anything!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 I think you nailed it Chuck, I agree with Dave I wouldn't change a thing, looks great!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Nice work. Looking forward to the finished product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shafer Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 looks really good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAGNUM4342 Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Those look awesome! It's the 1974 Charger by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR JAY Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Very nice job on those decals. One small thing though...you might want to check on the colour of the borders and drop shadow around the numbers; I *Believe* they were almost always a dark blue but are represented as black on most decal sheets due to reference photos being mostly black and white and the actual shade of blue used was dark enough to appear near black in colour photos taken at a distance. The shade of blue is close to what the pettys used on their suspension components. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAGNUM4342 Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Very nice job on those decals. One small thing though...you might want to check on the colour of the borders and drop shadow around the numbers; I *Believe* they were almost always a dark blue but are represented as black on most decal sheets due to reference photos being mostly black and white and the actual shade of blue used was dark enough to appear near black in colour photos taken at a distance. The shade of blue is close to what the pettys used on their suspension components. More often than not, the drop shadows were dark blue, almost a NAVY blue. However, some cars of this era did occaisionally have black drop shadow, so either is correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR JAY Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Cool...learn something new every day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemopar70 Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Wow! They're a lot better looking than the origlnal stuff!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truck parts Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Great job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spkgibson Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 WOW! I just bought the '73 Petty MPC Charger , My decals are perfect, But I'd love to make this version out of it....My kit is mint inside....But I've always wanted to build this version .......Looks like I'll be needing a set of these.....And the Billy The Kid Demon decals.....Send me a PM about them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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