Author Topic: A day out at the decal factory " dels " (Read 3087 times)

neiljonarcus · « **on:** January 18, 2010, 08:39 AM »

had a round trip of 180 mile yesterday to see my old mate del ,so i took my camera to show you guys what del puts in to do these decals for us
i had a small frame decal tha i fooked up with a finger print so del set to work which took overall 2.5 hrs to do

1st he scanned it

then he set away drawing round the whole picture and doing a bit tidying up

neiljonarcus · « **Reply #1 on:** January 18, 2010, 08:44 AM »

then he highlights what he has done and separates the image , this took forever

then he goes into another program , the on that tell the machine how to print and set the decal out

then loads up the clear paper

hey presto

neiljonarcus · « **Reply #2 on:** January 18, 2010, 08:49 AM »

now if you notice there is a " l " shape on every corner , thats for the lazer cutter to find out the size of the decal and boy its fast

finished item truely amazing

I THOUGHT POLISHING WAS BORING NOWT COMPARED TO THE DECAL MAKING MALARKY

SO SPARE A THOUGHT THE NEXT TIME YOU RING DEL AND HASSLE HIM

Del · « **Reply #3 on:** January 18, 2010, 08:57 AM »

so you were paying attention then Neil

Actually it didnt take as long as that, we were messing about with other things as well, did you take those other decals to your mate?

neiljonarcus · « **Reply #4 on:** January 18, 2010, 09:01 AM »

they are going today mate

dannywhiteley · « **Reply #5 on:** January 18, 2010, 09:19 AM »

Looks better than the original (particularly round the 'PION' of CHAMPION), much cleaner looking.... but sorry Del, but you missed the dot off the 'i' in Hill...

HUTCHMAN · « **Reply #6 on:** January 18, 2010, 09:23 AM »

thats great to see,been interested to see how it's done.

daz bmx it! · « **Reply #7 on:** January 18, 2010, 09:24 AM »

Del,has become and is the decal saviour

PS...Did you buy any of those dodgy £20's he been doing? you can see them on the side of your pic

Del · « **Reply #8 on:** January 18, 2010, 09:41 AM »

Quote from: dannywhiteley on January 18, 2010, 09:19 AM

you missed the dot off the 'i' in Hill...

Neil didnt want the dot on the decal

sweetbeats · « **Reply #9 on:** January 18, 2010, 09:43 AM »

I thought he just pressed 1 button

Talented bloke,imagine how many UK builds or parts would look bare without him $:-\$

bobafett · « **Reply #10 on:** January 18, 2010, 09:56 AM »

Good stuff

Del · « **Reply #11 on:** January 18, 2010, 09:57 AM »

Quote from: daz bmx on January 18, 2010, 09:24 AM

PS...Did you buy any of those dodgy £20's he been doing? you can see them on the side of your pic

Actually Daz, that's the £40 Neil paid me for some man love before we started the decals, when he said it took 2.5 hours, it really only took 1hour, the rest of the time he was getting some quality time with yours truly

dordymush · « **Reply #12 on:** January 18, 2010, 10:29 AM »

was them my trm ones on there del boy

poolysheriff · « **Reply #13 on:** January 18, 2010, 11:01 AM »

Looks p1ss easy to me

OK Your a clever lad Del

Sorry i couldn't make it to yours myself

Swivel · « **Reply #14 on:** January 18, 2010, 12:03 PM »

LEGEND!

That is Del

Del · « **Reply #15 on:** January 18, 2010, 12:08 PM »

Quote from: dordymush on January 18, 2010, 10:29 AM

was them my trm ones on there del boy

Yep Dave, sure are

Quote from: poolysheriff on January 18, 2010, 11:01 AM

Looks p1ss easy to me

Sorry i couldn't make it to yours myself

it is! no worries Gary, next time mate

Macmania · « **Reply #16 on:** January 18, 2010, 01:17 PM »

Respect to Del

Looks like Del's being doing his own quantitative easing

dannywhiteley · « **Reply #17 on:** January 18, 2010, 02:25 PM »

The Rebel decals that Del made up from scratch (didnt have an original to base them on at the time) were better than the real thing. Much nicer brighter colours...lol

Made them up from scratch using old adverts and images from the RAD museum... proper ledg. Didnt think I had any chance of getting repop Rebel decals till I heard about Del.

monkian · « **Reply #18 on:** January 18, 2010, 03:13 PM »

Ah, the mighty EDGE! Great piece of kit that

I didn't know it could print money as well...those £20's almost look real

Top stuff man

neiljonarcus · « **Reply #19 on:** January 18, 2010, 05:58 PM »

Quote from: Del on January 18, 2010, 09:57 AM

Quote from: daz bmx on January 18, 2010, 09:24 AM
PS...Did you buy any of those dodgy £20's he been doing? you can see them on the side of your pic

Actually Daz, that's the £40 Neil paid me for some man love before we started the decals, when he said it took 2.5 hours, it really only took 1hour, the rest of the time he was getting some quality time with yours truly

you said you would not say anything about that ...... well no more polished helmets for you delaroony

I MUST SAY DEL IS A LEG END .....sorry legend

NORTY40 · « **Reply #20 on:** January 18, 2010, 06:14 PM »

Quote from: sweetbeats™ on January 18, 2010, 09:43 AM

Talented bloke,imagine how many UK builds or parts would look bare without him $:-\$

Couldn't agree more

It does help that our Del is genuinely interested in this hobby of ours

Great work mate

Just out of interest Del , whats your personal favourite decal or set you have made for a RADster ?

spleen1970 · « **Reply #21 on:** January 18, 2010, 06:52 PM »

del Your are the king of decals top job

legend for sure

Del · « **Reply #22 on:** January 18, 2010, 07:00 PM »

Quote from: NORTY40 on January 18, 2010, 06:14 PM

Just out of interest Del , whats your personal favourite decal or set you have made for a RADster ?

tough one... there's quite a few decal sets i really like, the first that come to mind are S&M Heavy as F*ck.. they just look so cool, in fact a lot of the S&M decals are just pure art but a MAJOR pain to keep up with.

southern andy · « **Reply #23 on:** January 18, 2010, 07:13 PM »

Quote from: Del on January 18, 2010, 07:00 PM

Quote from: NORTY40 on January 18, 2010, 06:14 PM

Just out of interest Del , whats your personal favourite decal or set you have made for a RADster ?

tough one... there's quite a few decal sets i really like, the first that come to mind are S&M Heavy as F*ck.. they just look so cool, in fact a lot of the S&M decals are just pure art but a MAJOR pain to keep up with.

What, no Halfords ones

??

The little bloke on the bike, nightmare time.