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Old 10-07-2008, 11:04 AM
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Finished painting my Bulldog clone today. Still need to build and install the motor mount. It's decal time. The artwork on Jimz could work, but it's still pretty fuzzy. Has anyone here cleaned up or redrawn the artwork for this, and have a file they could share? I'll try redrawing them myself if all else fails, but I'm slooooow when it comes to doing stuff like that.
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Old 10-07-2008, 01:32 PM
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It's decal time. The artwork on Jimz could work, but it's still pretty fuzzy. Has anyone here cleaned up or redrawn the artwork for this, and have a file they could share? I'll try redrawing them myself if all else fails, but I'm slooooow when it comes to doing stuff like that.
I don't know that it needs any decals. As good as it looks in the pics, it's fine without them (IMHO).

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Old 10-07-2008, 02:42 PM
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I agree with Doug, BEAUTIFUL work Foose!
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Old 10-07-2008, 03:30 PM
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Awesome Foose! The paint job itself completes this project. Flight report anytime soon?
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Old 10-07-2008, 03:52 PM
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Thanks guys. I think the red and white paint scheme is what drew me to it in the first place. It's pretty much the signature of this design. Kind of like how the decals make the DRM. To me, this one is just another Bullpup without the red and white roll pattern. I have to admit, I like the way it looks without the decals, but I think I'll like it even better with them. I usually do.... for some reason.

I'll post to this thread once I get a chance to fly it, Raul.
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Old 10-07-2008, 05:10 PM
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Foose whare is the decal file at online ? I dont have any resources to help I am just curious what the model loks like after decals.

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Foose whare is the decal file at online ? I dont have any resources to help I am just curious what the model loks like after decals.

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It's at Jimz plans...


Bulldog plans Jimz

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Old 10-08-2008, 01:05 AM
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It's still looks nakid to me (sorta)

IMHO the decals would give it the final touch
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Old 10-08-2008, 01:37 AM
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The files at JimZ's look pretty good to me. Give them a try and see how they look.
Your rocket kicks butt. Very impressive looking. I had the parts for this one lined up a long time ago, but never followed through on the project. Now I wish I had. Consider doing a review for EMRR.
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Old 10-08-2008, 09:23 AM
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Thanks Bill.

You're right, that file isn't is bad as I thought. I've seen much worse. I needed to split the decals so it would fit on a regular sized sheet of decal paper. I used PS Elements to do it. Sometimes Elements does some funny stuff to drawings, wanting to simplify, anti-alias, and whatever else. I tried printing them off in Corel Draw and it looks much better now. I just need to fiddle with some print settings now and see what I get.

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