Progress on the Lionel 1722 caboose is much slower than hoped for. First there was trouble getting the yellow paint decently on the red body and now it proves difficult to get the decal on without wrinkels, bubbles and nasty reflections on side view. I used Clear Trimfilm 02-0 of Microscale Industries Inc. Hitherto that always worked nice, but these were relatively smaller surfaces (square quarter of an inch etc.). This is the first time that I really wanted to cover the complete side of a car (about 10 x 2.5 inch) and then it really gets difficult to cover the full surface without: wrinkels, gas bubbles, water pockets. The transfer of these water slide decals was improved slightly by adding dish washing liquid to the water, but not enough, still nasty reflections are visible in side view, probably caused by an insufficient contact between the paint and the decal, which cause thin bubbles to form.
Well, I do not like it and and will probably start all over with an another decal material. I do not know which one yet, but I am going to look for it. There must be something out there that works better than this. Any tips are appreciated.
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Just received a set of clear rub off decal papers from Crafty Computer Paper in the UK. The coming days will clarify if this is the solution.
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