Classic-Airlines.com decals

[Neil]

Will be starting a new project in the very near future and it looks as if I will need a couple of decal sheets from the Classic-Airlines.com decal range. Been on Hannants site to see if they stock them but it looks as if they do not do so (Hannants are reasonably close to me, so usually get my specialised stuff from them in person at the warehouse). 

 

Classic-Airlines do have an ordering facility direct from their website, so looks as if I will need to go that route instead. Are they reasonably efficient/reliable/prompt to order from, is basically what I need to know?  Obviously I have never ordered from them before, so just asking, as it were. Or alternatively, are there other recommended stockists I could order their decals from?

 

http://www.classic-airlines.com/airliner-decals.html

 

 

Thanks for any help/suggestions.

 

 

[Skodadriver]

You can order with confidence. I've used many Classic Airlines decals over the years and seldom had any issues. Nick only sells direct, you won't find Classic Airlines decals on any other site.  His mail order is good, not usually "by return" but reliable and efficient.

 

Like any other cottage industry/part-time manufacturer things can occasionally go awry. I once received a set of Viscount decals with only one cheatline but an e-mail to Nick with a scan of the offending sheet produced an immediate apology and a replacement within a couple of days.

 

One thing to bear in mind is that all Classic Airlines decals are laser printed so they are translucent and must be applied over a white background. They are also printed with continuous carrier film and each individual piece needs to be carefully trimmed. If you've used laser printed decals before you won't have any problems.

 

Placement instructions are pretty much non-existent apart from a side view. Usually placement is self-evident but sometimes you have to be prepared to use your own references and research

 

Hope that helps

 

Dave G

[Eric Mc]

Nick also attends Scalemodelworld at Telford each November so I have bought stuff directly from him at this event.

[Viking]

8 hours ago, Neil said:

Are they reasonably efficient/reliable/prompt to order from, is basically what I need to know?  Obviously I have never ordered from them before, so just asking, as it were.

Neil, Skodadriver Dave has already given a full answer and I agree with every word he says. I'll just add this post to say I've also ordered many time from Nicks website and found his service to be top notch. Order with confidence!

 

Cheers

 

John

[Dave Swindell]

⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️ Wot they say! ⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️

[Neil]

8 hours ago, Skodadriver said:

You can order with confidence. I've used many Classic Airlines decals over the years and seldom had any issues. Nick only sells direct, you won't find Classic Airlines decals on any other site.  His mail order is good, not usually "by return" but reliable and efficient.

 

Like any other cottage industry/part-time manufacturer things can occasionally go awry. I once received a set of Viscount decals with only one cheatline but an e-mail to Nick with a scan of the offending sheet produced an immediate apology and a replacement within a couple of days.

 

One thing to bear in mind is that all Classic Airlines decals are laser printed so they are translucent and must be applied over a white background. They are also printed with continuous carrier film and each individual piece needs to be carefully trimmed. If you've used laser printed decals before you won't have any problems.

 

Placement instructions are pretty much non-existent apart from a side view. Usually placement is self-evident but sometimes you have to be prepared to use your own references and research

 

Hope that helps

 

Dave G

 

 

8 hours ago, Eric Mc said:

Nick also attends Scalemodelworld at Telford each November so I have bought stuff directly from him at this event.

 

 

2 hours ago, Viking said:

Neil, Skodadriver Dave has already given a full answer and I agree with every word he says. I'll just add this post to say I've also ordered many time from Nicks website and found his service to be top notch. Order with confidence!

 

Cheers

 

John

 

 

1 hour ago, Dave Swindell said:

⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️ Wot they say! ⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️

 

 

 

Right oh, that's good enough for me, much appreciated, thanks for the input ...... 👍.   I will be popping an order into Nick's website a.s.a.p.

 

This will be a 1/72 DH Heron, in Channel Airways markings. Unfortunately the only decals available in this livery are in 1/144 only (CA144-157) which is a little frustrating to be perfectly honest ...... 

 

This is the scheme I intend to do, below:

 

https://www.airteamimages.com/de-havilland-heron_G-AXFH_channel-airways_180161.html

 

However, I have been messing around with, and faffing about with, pics of decal sheets, scaling up and scaling down pics and drawings etc online for a couple of days now, and I think I have solved the problem. The wording Channel Airways in Black above the fuselage side windows 'should' be of the correct size/height/length on sheet No. CA144-095 for the Viscount, and the wording Channel Airways in White surrounded in Black on the fin/rudder 'should' be of the correct size/height/length on sheet No. CA144-108 for the HS 748.

 

A bit convoluted I know, to use two separate 1/144 decal sheets to achieve a few 1/72 words, but it would save me getting all wrapped up in clear decal film sheets, printers, scaling up, scaling down, mis-printing several times, lots of swearing etc etc ..... and generally getting annoyed possibly. You probably get the idea. If it works out, then good, but if it does not, well ...... 

 

 

  

[Dave Swindell]

Neil,

Nick already does the Channel Airways scheme you want in 1:144 on this sheet, instead of faffing around trying to cobble together bits from his other sheets, why not ask him if he can print off a scaled up version of this one? If you want a specific reg he may be able to do that as well, worth an email surely?

[Skodadriver]

51 minutes ago, Dave Swindell said:

Neil,

Nick already does the Channel Airways scheme you want in 1:144 on this sheet, instead of faffing around trying to cobble together bits from his other sheets, why not ask him if he can print off a scaled up version of this one? If you want a specific reg he may be able to do that as well, worth an email surely?

 

Good advice from Dave S.  Laser decals can be re-scaled quite readily. The worst that can happen is Nick says no.

 

For what it's worth I have used that sheet to make Morton Air Services in 1/144. I still have the Channel decals in my spares box (somewhere!) and from what I remember they are gorgeous.

[Neil]

Bit of a thread resurrection ….

 

The decals on the Channel Airways sheets have worked out fine, excellent decals they are too, highly recommend them, and very happy with how things are going with the Heron model, very nearly finished and the In Progress thread is here:

 

 

 

 

Next question is, would anybody know the email address in order to contact Nick?  I have looked on the Classic Airlines site but there does not appear to be an email to contact him on. I wanted to contact him regarding a project I intend to do, and if he would consider a kind of one-off decal project for me. Just wanted to ask him if would be able to do it for me, and the cost too of course. 

 

Thanks for any help.

 

 

[Skodadriver]

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