Decals
- Thread starter Robert N
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I try and find nice originals and scan them. but if that's not possible i find good reproductions (ebay) and scan them. I've taken crappy originals and scanned them, cleaned them up, and made those. That's what i did for my JC penny duster. But it's hard to get people here on this site to share. They are just not interested. So you're kind of on you own on finding source material. I've asked people to borrow catalogs or even take cell phone pictures of the pages (and willing to pay them for the effort), and i've gotten no where. I've been trying to set up a bank of decal scans and catalog scan (in PDF) and from what i've seen, you're on your own. People here just aren't the sharing types. It is what it is, i guess.
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But what if you need a Kidney now? sometimes these things can't wait...
seriously i'm not sure what the issue may be. i'm trying to help the community with a repository of decals and PDF catalogs. maybe 6 months of asking isn't long enough. but why would it take longer? is there some time test involved? and what is the downside of helping? i guess that's the big question. i'm doing the work and the hosting, all they need to do is come up with a scan or a picture. or heck not even that... i've offered to paypal full value for their catalog or sticker to borrow it, as a deposit. you get it back, you do a paypal refund (or partial refund, if you want paid for borrowing said item.) Crickets... lots of crickets... no takers. Again i'm not sure what the issue is.
The last guy i got the speedway catalogs (he was from ebay) from was really pleasant. He didn't want to sell the catalogs, but was happy to take cell phone pictures of each page, and email them to me. I paid him $20 per catalog to do that. Then i photoshop'ed the pics (to get them straight and un-skewed), and made a PDF of them. Came out well. Not perfect (a scan would have been ideal), but it worked. He's has some money in his pocket, and the catalogs never left his house. it's win/win.
seriously i'm not sure what the issue may be. i'm trying to help the community with a repository of decals and PDF catalogs. maybe 6 months of asking isn't long enough. but why would it take longer? is there some time test involved? and what is the downside of helping? i guess that's the big question. i'm doing the work and the hosting, all they need to do is come up with a scan or a picture. or heck not even that... i've offered to paypal full value for their catalog or sticker to borrow it, as a deposit. you get it back, you do a paypal refund (or partial refund, if you want paid for borrowing said item.) Crickets... lots of crickets... no takers. Again i'm not sure what the issue is.
The last guy i got the speedway catalogs (he was from ebay) from was really pleasant. He didn't want to sell the catalogs, but was happy to take cell phone pictures of each page, and email them to me. I paid him $20 per catalog to do that. Then i photoshop'ed the pics (to get them straight and un-skewed), and made a PDF of them. Came out well. Not perfect (a scan would have been ideal), but it worked. He's has some money in his pocket, and the catalogs never left his house. it's win/win.
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That bird decal is in pretty bad shape. it would need serious reconstruction. and frankly i'm not sure what it's supposed to actually look like! here's some messing around i did with it. But it needs a lot more work! for example, what is the background finish supposed to be? it just looks burnt in the scan.
I have seen a good photo of another bike with that decal, but I can't remember where! The photo I posted with it still attached to the chain guard shows printing on the upper left "Soaring With _ _ _ _" I can't make out the third word. Otherwise, I believe the background should be smooth and white. What you have reconstructed so far looks great!
