Bryan71 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Noticed a YouTube video of a guy using Adam Wilders Dry Transfers.Been searching for some but can’t find any. Has anyone any ideas were I can buy some from.Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackG Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 https://www.wilder.su/collections/dry-transfers regards, Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan71 Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 2 minutes ago, JackG said: https://www.wilder.su/collections/dry-transfers regards, Jack Did find his site but think postage will be quite high to the UK,Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackG Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 my mistake, that message is for ordering direct from them ... should have checked their store locations, and they do have two in the UK. Try this one: https://airbrushes.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=wilder&x=0&y=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsman Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 (edited) If you're just looking for dry transfers - rather than for a specific Wilder product - then look at the Archer range. https://www.archertransfers.com/. They have lots of sets and are far more widely available. Verlinden used to do dry transfers, which are now OOP but you do still see them on eBay and residual stock in some stores. Edited December 31, 2018 by Das Abteilung correction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan71 Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 17 minutes ago, JackG said: my mistake, that message is for ordering direct from them ... should have checked their store locations, and they do have two in the UK. Try this one: https://airbrushes.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=wilder&x=0&y=0 Cheers never thought of them.👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tank152 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 4 hours ago, Das Abteilung said: If you're just looking for dry transfers - rather than for a specific Wilder product - then look at the Archer range. https://www.archertransfers.com/. They have lots of sets and are far more widely available. Verlinden used to do dry transfers, which are now OOP but you do still see them on eBay and residual stock in some stores. Which are available in the UK from here. https://historexagents.com/# Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsman Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Last time I bought a bunch of Archer transfers I bought direct from Archer in the US. As ever in the UK we seem to be victims of unusually high dealer mark-ups: always a problem when your economy is heavily reliant on retail sales and the finance industry rather than primary and secondary industries. But for just a few sheets the overseas shipping cost isn't worthwhile. BNA Modelworld in Australia seem to have a good selection of Archer, and their prices and shipping are reasonable. I've bought from them too. Shipping is surprisingly quick. Any imports valued under £15 won't attract UK import VAT, but you don't get many Archer sets for £15. One thing I have found with their lettering sets for making serials, names etc where the lettering is closely spaced is that you need to cut out the individual letters to rub down or risk either other letters on the sheet sticking to the model or the letters you've applied being pulled off by sticking back to the sheet when you apply the next. In many cases the shape of the subject make it impossible to get the whole sheet in place anyway. In the old days of Letraset (remember that?) it used to be advised to pre-release the characters from the sheet by rubbing them with the backing sheet in place first before applying to the workpiece. Still good advice, methinks. As for application, I have a some ball-ended burnishing tools of different sizes I got from my local branch of Hobbycraft or The Range: can't remember which. I recall that they came in a set of 2 or 3 double-ended tools: metal ends in a wooden handle. I have a pair of spring-loaded aluminium-handled ones with adjustable spring tension but I've had them for decades and never seen anything like them since. Don't press too hard with the metal ones or you can end up mashing the character onto the sheet so that it will never come off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lothian man Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Of course, the price for VAT purposes includes post and packing, so you have to allow for that. But even when I've ordered consignments from Archer over the trigger value, my experience over quite a few years now is that Archer consignments direct have never attracted the attention of customs and therefore missed both VAT and the Post Office levy. This is presumably because they fit in an envelope and look like printed matter (which they are). Touch wood this will continue. In contrast, every other imported item I have ordered from anyone, apart from a few very small packets, has been stung since Customs tightened up about a decade ago. I have a lovely wooden-handled burnishing tool with a rounded polythene (?) end that I got from the local specialist art shop, but we're lucky in having a major school of art in the nearby city and therefore at least one really good artists' materials place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan71 Posted January 3, 2019 Author Share Posted January 3, 2019 Cheers guys been hoovering over the buy button.But thinking I might try stencils and airbrush the numbers on if I can find some Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackG Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 A UK based dealer, ScaleLink, might have what you are searching for, but the stencils are made of thin brass sheet: https://www.scalelink.co.uk/acatalog/Stencilit___Pochoirs.html regards, Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsman Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 On 1/1/2019 at 12:17 PM, Lothian man said: Of course, the price for VAT purposes includes post and packing No it doesn't. The CN22 customs declaration calls for the value of the goods contained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lothian man Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 18 hours ago, Das Abteilung said: No it doesn't. The CN22 customs declaration calls for the value of the goods contained. Indeed; but that's the sender. The cost of p and p is usually added onto that figure by HMRC when it arrives in the reception centre (with some exceptions). If it's just a matter of VAT, then "The value of the goods for import VAT is based on the: basic value of goods, plus postage, packing and insurance, plus any import (Customs or Excise) duties charged" https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/notice-143-a-guide-for-international-post-users/notice-143-a-guide-for-international-post-users#postal-packages-imported-arriving-from-countries-outside-the-eu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsman Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Then I stand corrected, although I don't recall ever having the shipping cost included in a VAT assessment when I have had to pay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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