Decal sources

I wouldn't touch anything from him having been scammed once, disgraceful specimen of humanity

Fact , not opinion.

Have you tried OGR Forum Sponsor CUSTOM "O" DECALS?

Rail Graphics.  This set of custom SW9's was lettered with custom Rail Graphic decals.

You're looking for a source for opaque white decals, Dick? Then, as Mike stated .... Railgraphics in Illinois. Nice man, excellent work.

Limey,

I would just like to have an inventory like he hd. He had a great deal going but pretty did it to the pooch. What kind of equipment does someone like Railgraphics use?

Dick

What difference does it make? What with the current shortage of O Scale decals (both Champ and MicroScale are gone), ANY source of good quality decals, such as Forum Sponsor CUSTOM "O" Decals, is welcome.   Besides, I'm not sure that RailGraphics is still in business anyway.

Mike CT,

Sorry to change the subject but who made the turntable in the photo?

Thanks,

Ed

Railgraphics is still in business.

The last sentence in your post isn't the sort of thing you should write unless you're sure of your information.

Jeff C

BLACK OUTLINE ON WHITE PAPER?

What does that mean? Please take a look at our more than 1500 decals probably something there you can use.

Dave, LBR

I bought some NWX reefer decals from Oddballs a year or so ago.

I don't know if it was because his ALPS printer was on the way out but they were horrible - the NWX red logo looked like a 60's houndstooth psychedelic pattern of pixelated red and yellow.  

As for decals from what I see offset printing offers the best and clearest decals but it is the most expensive.  Then comes screen printing, which is good but has slightly lower resolution.   An ALPS printer comes after this in resolution.  Fully acceptable for our trains.   

I've wondered about getting in the decal printing business with something other than an ALPS machine but it must not be that easy since one of the persons I once mentioned it to is a printing business professional (and an O scale importer) if he's not printing his own decals there it must be waaaay too expensive to get into.  Internet searches for offset printing don't show much other than VERY expensive (well over $100k) Heidelberg mass production oriented commercial offset presses or links to machines made offshore in India or Asia with no real indication of how good/reliable they are. 

Would have been great to talk to someone like Rich Meyer before he died on how to use modern computer generated images with offset printing. 

Rob - Google "white toner"