O Scale Decals...where do you purchase them?

Try the P & D Hobby Shop.

What is currently offered by Microscale in O scale is a fraction of what they once offered. Some years ago they had a blowout of much of their remaining O scale inventory. I've mentioned this before, but I talked to the owner of the company and his explanation was simple and clear: O scale decals do not sell and are not financially worth making.

Being I'm a traditional/027 operator, I can mix larger HO scale decals to work for smaller O guage cars. I do a lot of repainting and have by necessity, learned to take liberties given the decals available.

That said, here are some other sources.

Highball Graphics: mostly HO and N scales, but they do have O scale also.

http://www.mgdecals.com/oscale.htm

Highball Graphics has teamed up with Industrial Models, which has even more O scale decals.

http://www.mgdecals.com/Industrialmodels.htm

I will mention Oddballs Decals with a disclaimer. I've done business with them with no trouble. But there are threads here from people who have placed orders and never receieved them. And the website hasn't been updated for almost 2 years, so procede with caution.

http://mopac1.tripod.com/oddballs3.htm

Shellscale is devoted to Norfolk Southern and related lines. Mostly HO and N scale, but there is a small selection of O scale, again related to NS lines only.

http://www.shellscale.com/

I've used CDS Dry Transfers, but not in a long time. I've bought them in hobby shops or shows, never direct. But they seem to have a good selection, though aimed at Canadian lines.

http://tmrdistributing.com/presta/index.php?id_category=28&controller=category

Since I mix and match scales, I have found these to be very useful. Railgraphics produces a variety of O scale dimensional data sets.

http://www.railgraphicsdecals....eneric_Data_Sets.htm

I tend to stay away from older Champ and Walthers decals. Their film stock is thicker, making them harder to hide in application, and they tend to deteriorate over age. And spraying them with a clear coating first to help hold them together, only makes the film stock even thicker.

Hope this helps you out.

Thanks...I guess I have money to "play with" as I sent our mutual friend over at Oddball Decals a money order for some of the bathtub decals that I had ordered from him before.  In fact, it was June of last year when I sent that email.  He said he was still in business.

I've checked with him every now and then since only to be given a reason for the delay.  The latest..."waiting for a girlfriend who has the printer to get the job done," is, of course somewhat laughable.  I am hanging in there either because I am totally stupid (not really) or I realize this guy has fallen on hard times and needs an economic stimulus...which I gave him...hoping to get some of his decals.

Oddballs were the best going...too bad...the business seems to have failed.

Thanks Dave for the link on Jerry Glow. I didn't know about that one and just added to my bookmarked listing of decal makers.

Two sources:

1) Ricky Rupp at Modern Rails (modernrails.com). He only charges a set up charge (usually only between $5 and $20) if he doesn't have what you want in his file. And, yes, he is still in business!

2) Protocraft (protocraft.com) offers a limited selection of decals custom manufactured for them by Microscale.

jackson