We use Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop programs for our work. From November 2022 Adobe have dropped the ability to use the Pantone® colour specification system. Pantone® Now require a separate licence agreement and monthly service charge. Consequently, because we print in CMYK+White+Varnish and not Pantone® inks (which had to convert to the nearest CMYK values) we…
1:24 scale ME109 by Andrew Bartlett
An excellent 1:24 ME109 being constructed by Andrew Bartlett using some bespoke decals by Custom Model Decals on our 8 micron film ‘ultrathin’ decal paper. Printed in white and CMYK colours at 1440 dpi using our UV inkjet printer system.
1:24 scale E.M.Rogers lorries by Andrew Smith
Three 1:24 scale lorries by Andrew on display at the Gaydon Retro Truck Show in Warwickshire. All the decals on these trucks were designed and produced by Custom Model Decals taking several A4 sheets of decal paper per wagon.
Indian Railways mainline coach decals
Custom Model Decals (https://custom-model-decals.com) have announced a new set of decals for the Indian Railway mainline coaches. These accurate Hindi-English decals could easily be used on an Indian narrow-gauge layout. The decals were developed with the invaluable help of Jeremiah Bunyan in India, his mother undertaking the Hindi translations and checking that the Hindi was…
Full size decal for fitting a WWII Willys Jeep
We are starting to get some interesting decals to work on. This is one of the largest decals we have produced at nearly A5 each in size. A decal was required to simulate a painted panel of aircraft art to be applied to a WWII Willys jeep. We printed two copies of the decal to…
Lynton & Barnstaple wagon SR decals
We are pleased to announce that we now have sets of Southern Region Lynton & Barnstaple wagon decals available in 4mm/ft scale available in our online store.
Welshpool & Llanfair Railway coach decals in 4mm/ft scale
we are pleased to announce that we now have 4mm/ft scale waterslide decals for the Welshpool & Llanfair Railway early livery carriages. The decals us our ‘film-free’ system for ease of application. Now available in our shop.
Darjeeling & Himalayan Light Railway NDM6 Diesel Locomotive and Coach decals.
We are please to announce that we have added a set of decals for the Darjeeling and Himalayan Light Railway NDM6 diesel locomotive in 4mm/ft (1:76) scale to go with those for the coaches we designed earlier. You can find these decals in our online 4mm scale decals for Darjeeling Himalayan Light Railway NDM 6…
‘Film-Free’ Warhammer Decals
Warhammer figures by Scott Burns, clan markings by Custom Model Decals using our ‘film-free’ decal system that makes for easier application of the decals to your model.
Vallejo Decal Fix 73.213
At the time of writing (28 February 2021) Vallejo Decal Fix 73.213 is in very short supply in the UK. Because this is the primary decal fixative that we recommend, Custom Model Decals has been ‘scouring’ the UK online model shops to obtain a small supply that we can now sell to our customers at…