all is not lost, You can get white decal paper and print on that. Micromark sells it.

Irv

See this link:

http://vsrnonline.com/DecalArticle/WhiteDecalsAtHome.htm

Joe

Thanks for the lead. I will check into this

John

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The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights. >> J. Paul Getty

I bought DecalPro from Pulsar about 5 years ago and found the results unsatisfactory for model train use.

Maybe it might work for waterslide printing but definitely not for dry transfers.

Just too darn finicky trying to do small lettering. Proved to be a real mess.

Harold

Harold,

Thanks for the information, this will save me some time and money.

I model a free lance railroad so the rolling stock can be any color I believe plausible. I have devised some work around schemes to use home made custom decals. I have painted some of my home road cars light grey or yellow which allows the use of black decals.

I have used clear film and provided a negative decal that allows painted areas to show through. This has only been satisfactory on black backgrounds. It is hard to match printed colors with paint. This works for tank cars, hoppers, and steam engines.

On the diesel engines and cabooses I have used light colored stripes and areas to apply black or red decals.

in the era that I model (early 40s), most of the house type cars are some form of boxcar red. Few had anything but white lettering.

I will probably just have some custom white decals made from one of the web sites offering this service.

Thanks

John

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I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. >> Thomas A. Edison

I ordered 25 custom white decals and it ran about $2.00 per sheet. The trick is planning what you will do with your decals. The logos etc. are the easy part. The hard part is the numbering system. I use what I call lead and post numbers. Lead numbers are the 1st two or three numbers that stay the same for car types or engine. The 2nd set of numbers are the post numbers that can be the last two or three numbers. As you will find that you will need more lead numbers than post numbers. Then after that you figure placement for your decal sets so you use maximum space on your decal sheet.

I was so happy with the 1st set of decals. I placed a new order for 25 white and 25 black.