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Tag: waterslide decals

  • Oriental Dragon Gasser

    I Have no memory of taking these pics! The diorama and car are separated by about five years, so I would have needed to dig the diorama out of storage to take these pics…weird. The design on the Gasser is about half Ai generated. I use Ai to make initial designs, then draw over the…

  • Using Gold Vinyl On Customs

    So this one is an experiment that probably has potential. The goal was to cut gold vinyl (the same stuff you would wrap on real cars) to simulate a gold mirror finish on selected parts of the design. The concept was solid, but in the end the process just took too long and had too…

  • Early AAR Cuda Customs

    This copper AAR Cuda was the first custom I made, or at least the first one that didn’t get immediately remade. It has a lot of odd ball stuff going on, but it remains a favorite for sentimental reasons. The black stripes are made from tape, (not something I would recommend copying) and the decals…

  • Dairy With Flames…And Everything Else

    A pretty obnoxiously decorated dairy. I think I could have fit a few more decals in there if I tried.

  • Pittsburgh Penguins On Ice

    Another Christmas present piece for a co-worker. This one was fun, the blue base is resin made to look like ice, I think it came out looking great! . Through the whole price are names of great Penguin players. Took three attempts to get the names to fit in the roof, my templates weren’t very…

  • Kit Bashed Power Panel

    I used to use the Power Panel casting a lot, a few years back Mattel tweaked the casting to have a plastic sunroof, probably to lighten the casting and save some Zamac cost. The change made the casting a pain to work with, so I don’t do many Power Panels these days, they also are…

  • We Are The Road Crew…

    If you get the title, you’re a true fan. I grew up on Motörhead, no band was ever the same. If there was a market, I’d just make Motörhead graphics all day long.

  • Within Temptation Astrovan

    Better pics of this piece than I posted before. When the white decal, overlaid with a transparent color decal process works. It look gorgeous. When it doesn’t work everything turns into a foggy mess. This one worked well. The paint shows through a lot of the design. Wish I had painted the casting with a…

  • Gootosaurus vs…..

    Probably one of my all time favorites. The story behind the design is complicated. Basically a riff on the Sci Fi Channel movies like Gatoesaurus Vs Robodactyl, or Pythonanator Vs. Walrasaur. I made those up, but it wouldn’t surprise if they were real movies. This was one of the first designs I made that covered…

  • Heavy Metal Marketing

    A few better pictures than I posted of this series: The Stitched Up Heart panel is one of my favorites. The gold color works well with the graphics on these. I still need to make a better Hailstorm, is one of my favorite bands.