In the cases I was referring to, think about a new design for a oil can, beverage can. You design the artwork on a computer. Meanwhile you might have the can photographed--oil can on hood of car for instance. After the photo is taken, the artwork is distorted and otherwise made to fit the shape of the can and applied in the computer, so there was no longer a need to actually do the mock-up.
This is why we are left without sources for our needs. I am surprised that nobody has purchased Champ. I think they've pretty much closed down. The owner passed on several years ago. They had spent a lot of time keeping their line updated, and of course, finally started making custom S scale decals. Champ was part of a small town printing company in Minot, North Dakota. I would imagine he printed wedding announcements, small posters and notices, letterhead and similar items and then decals on the off days. Bob Werre BobWphoto.com On 6/8/11 2:31 PM, David Engle wrote: > > How do you get around having to take the image film off the backing > sheet and getting it to the side of the car, etc; what has replaced > the wet process for decals and the dry process for the dry transfers? DJE > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bob Werre > To: [email protected] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 2:17 PM > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Clover House > > On 6/8/11 1:52 PM, Bill Lane wrote: > I think the whole dry transfer business has gone down the tubes. My > clients use to apply them to product mock-ups. Ads needing fancy logos > used them constantly. I think lot of the people making them could have > been the actual producers of our products. Even the folks at Lectra set > have discontinued most of their line. In this case, the quality and > ease of the computer have completely erased several trades. > > Bob Werre > PhotoTraxx.com > > > Darrell, > > > > I don't know when the sale took place but just recently learned Clover > > House is now under new ownership. They did have a reasonably good > > supply of > > S dry transfers. Russ Clover made me a batch of PRSL RDC dry transfers > > years > > back. I still have not used them. I much prefer decals anyway. > > > > I have been told by multiple people that there are NO new model > > railroad dry > > transfer sets currently being made in any scale because there is no > > one left > > to actually make them. Previous producers of dry transfers have since > > switched to selling "made to order" decals sets. At least that gives > them > > the option to produce in multiple scales. Sounds like an open > opportunity > > for some enterprising S Scaler to jump in and corner the model > > railroad dry > > transfer market. Submit your plans to your local zoning board for > your new > > factory today! > > > > Thank You, > > Bill Lane > > > > M > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
