CUSTOM DRY TRANSFER SERVICE

We can produce single colour, multi colour, metallic, foil or photo quality transfers. Contact Michelle to discuss your project artwork@modelshop.co.uk / 020 7264 1295

Please note: Transfers have a 6 month shelf life.

 

• Dry Transfer Process
• Metallic and Foil Dry Transfers
• Dry Transfer Artwork Preparation
• Dry Transfer Price Guide
• Applying & Finishing Dry Transfers
• Dry Transfer Gallery
• Contact Information & Workshop Opening Hours

 

 

 

 

DRY TRANSFER PROCESS

We offer a custom dry transfer service that is aimed at professional model makers, graphic designers, product designers, artists, art gallery & museum curators, exhibition designers and scale modellers.

You can make your own DIY transfers, or decals, at home on your printer, but this process yields transfers not suited to a professional environment. The transfers will lack the colour richness and opacity that can be achieved with the process we use.

Using film and photosensitive chemicals, we make a negative is made for each colour on the design that is imprinted onto a transfer sheet.

Our custom dry transfer service is typically used for creating lettering & numbers for signs & labels, company logos, decals for model cars & planes, model railway locomotive livery.

 

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METALLIC AND FOIL DRY TRANSFERS

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Metallic dry transfers have an unpolished metal finish, as shown in the first two images above.

Our foil transfers have a high gloss, shiny metallic finish, as shown in the third and fourth images above.

 

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DRY TRANSFER ARTWORK PREPARATION

• Artwork can be emailed or sent to us in any windows format, ideally as a PDF, EPS, DWG, CDR, DFX or Ai file.
• We do accept image files such as JPG, TIFF, GIF, BMP but you must make sure that these images are at a resolution that makes them crisp (i.e. 300dpi for JPG).
• MAC users should save artwork as an EPS, AI, freehand or Photoshop files.

 

We will colour match your transfer to any pantone, metallic or other reference.

For single colour transfers provide the artwork in black with a colour reference.

For multi coloured transfers it is best to provide separated artwork with a reference for each colour. We can separate artwork for you at a cost of £48.00/hr.

Artwork produced by us on computer from your annotated sketches will be faxed, emailed or posted to you so you can confirm that it is correct before the transfers are made.

This service is typically used by product designers for logos, numbering and lettering, or by architectural model makers for detailing on buildings such as windows and doors.

We have also undertaken work for the hobby market, producing decals for radio controlled cars, model trains and military vehicles.

 

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CUSTOM DRY TRANSFER PRICE GUIDE

Please note you will be charged for Artwork set up + the film (one off charge) + the sheet price shown below (these prices do not include VAT):

COST EXAMPLE FOR A 2 COLOUR A4 TRANSFER

Artwork setup - £18.35
A4 filmwork (1st colour) - £21.45
A4 filmwork (2nd colour) - £21.45
two colour A4 sheet - £86.25

Total = £147.50 +VAT

 

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APPLYING & FINISHING DRY TRANSFERS

Position the transfer and secure with masking tape.

Apply the transfer by gently rubbing over it with a burnishing tool.

 

You may want to seal the transfer by applying a lacquer:

• Begin with a light coat of lacquer.
• Allow the lacquer to completely dry before adding a slightly heavier coat.
• Repeat building up heavier layers allowing the lacquer to completely dry between coats.
• The transfers will be protected under 4 to 5 coats of lacquer.
• Applying too much lacquer too quickly will dissolve the ink, we advise to first practise on a test piece.

 

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DRY TRANSFERS GALLERY

 

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