I have a Superscale 1/72 F-104 Starfighter decal set that I would like to have made into 1/48. Does any one on the group do that? I know that you can use an Alps printer to copy and make decals. But I was'nt sure about changing the scale. Steve
Dear Sir, I can make decals and if interested please email me. As far as scaling things up or down, it can be done in PHOTOSHOP or a good drawing program.
Barney Kable
Enlarging and printing a scan wouldn't look especially good because that would be a raster file and would 'pixelate'. It would look much better redrawn in a vector format.
Yes, I do this. Scan (you do need a scanner) with 600 dpi, use an image (photo) editing software package, enlarge by 72/48, and print to sheet of paper with an inkjet. Take printout and a sheet of blank decal paper to a copy shop. Have them use the decal paper for the copy, copy printed image to decal sheet.
Of course, this method does not pr>
And you pay a royalty fee to Superscale for this copying ???
No-one seems to have mentioned this yet.
What is the legal (and moral) position of copying someone else's work ?
Although - thinking about it - Superscale must have copied the original artwork that was painted on the F-104 in question.
Or have they paid their dues to the Starfighter artist?
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The person had already bought the original decal. He is using it to make one copy for personal use not for resale. This is fair use. This issue had been discussed to death.
This is the same issue as scaling drawings, something I often do. If I want to scratchbuild in a different scale than the drawings, I copy at new scale. This is a fair use thing. My intent in buying drawings is to build a model. If I build it in a different scale, then that is my perogative.
If, likewise, I cannot f>
in article snipped-for-privacy@usfamily.net, Don Stauffer at snipped-for-privacy@usfamily.net wrote on 12/2/03 7:15 AM:
I would scan the decal sheet and enlarge it 150%. That will get it to 1/48 scale. Scan at the highest resolution you can. Then you can make a color printout and do with it as you please. Be aware that enlarging a small image will magnify any otherwise small glitches and may render some lines as really ragged (pixelated). There are ways around this but that's the general idea.
With many software programs you can also clean up the colors, in case you think they are in error. In fact you can change the colors altogether if you want. Say, to do a Yellow 3 instead of a Red 3 for instance. Handy for the Luftwaffe guys.
There shouldn't be any problem if you are doing the work for yourself and don't plan on selling the copies. When I sell a copyrighted photo, I don't care it gets framed, or cut up, or whatever so long as copies aren't sold or published without my permission.
MB
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