Hi All,

Just a quick note to all that have inquired about Rokitflite kits; All kits are currently on hold due to the fact that I have not been able to obtain decent decal paper. A little ways back I posted that I was having issues with decal paper. I have been buying decal paper from Tango Papa for several years. A couple of years ago I started getting TERRIBLE paper from Tango Papa and it seemed to be the fault of the company that manufactures the paper, not Tango Papa. I sent samples of the good and bad paper to the parent company and went back and forth with a company rep trying to get the problem straightened out. Everyone I spoke to gave me the same response; “Well, nobody else has complained.” The new paper I have been getting either has a different glue composition or simply not enough glue. The result is that even if the decal is applied onto a perfectly clean, smooth surface, once it dries is “silvers”. The older decal paper I have lays down beautifully compared to the new stuff, and I have now wasted hundreds of dollars on Alps cartridges and paper from several different companies. Until I can find a new source for decal paper or my old supplier gets the problems straightened out, I will not be producing any more kits. I apologize to all of those folks who have been waiting patiently, but I will not sell a crap product.

-Scott

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Scott

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"If you don't like your job you don't strike. You just go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way. " ~Homer Simpson

Scott,

Have you tried coating them with microscale decal film after printing?
Thats what I do and it works really well.


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I coat all of my kit decals with Micro Scale. It has nothing to do with whats on top, its what is underneath that is the issue.

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Scott

NAR #32070

Scott,

have you ever used the stuff from Sirius Rocketry?

http://www.siriusrocketry.biz/ishop...ac4bd127f9e00bc


I use their LaserJet paper all the time and have had nothing but great results. I would guess that an ALPS printer would probably use the InkJet style though....

Later,
EV

Gus-
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I use paper from MicroMark now. The last paper I got from Bel had problems.

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Having seen several different sheets that Scott has printed for various projects, I have to agree with him. The decals are printing correctly on the paper, its when they are applied the problems start. I have a 3" upscale Mach-10 that has decals Scott printed and they are literally peeling along the edges.

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I hope you meant peeling.

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I'd like to see that.....or maybe not.

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