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Water bottle labels?
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Posted: Tuesday, November 04, 2014 - 11:14 AM UTC
Meng and some others have released 1/35th scale water bottles (and beer bottles), but without labels. Is there anyone who makes labels, or is there a way to print your own?

I have some nice bottles from DEF and others with label decals, but a lot of the AM bottles are without labels.

And then there's the beer....
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Posted: Tuesday, November 04, 2014 - 12:48 PM UTC
I thought DEF or Legend did a set of water bottle labels.

If you are going to print your own, I suggest printing on white decal film.

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Posted: Wednesday, November 05, 2014 - 02:38 AM UTC
Depending on what you're using the water bottle to depict, you could get away in a lot of cases with no label at all. The adhesive dried out pretty fast and you'd pull a bottle out of a case with the label either hanging off or none at all. IIRC I saw a downloadable selection of beer bottle labels in the past couple of months, Bill.
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Posted: Wednesday, November 05, 2014 - 02:54 AM UTC
Def Models released a cooler set that had bottles and labels. It's out of stock at Lucky, but here is the listing. Maybe Hobbyeasy has it or eBay

http://www.luckymodel.com/scale.aspx?item_no=DEF-DM35013
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Posted: Wednesday, November 05, 2014 - 09:25 AM UTC

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Def Models released a cooler set that had bottles and labels.

Thanks, Jason, I have that set, so I figure I will need the labels for the bottles in it. I'm looking for a solution to the bottles released without labels.

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Depending on what you're using the water bottle to depict, you could get away in a lot of cases with no label at all. The adhesive dried out pretty fast and you'd pull a bottle out of a case with the label either hanging off or none at all.

That's worth considering, thanks.

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IIRC I saw a downloadable selection of beer bottle labels in the past couple of months.

Didn't see those. Anyone have them?
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Posted: Wednesday, November 05, 2014 - 10:03 AM UTC
I think Kevin's suggestion of printing your own labels on inkjet decal film is a great one. Just scan the label you want (or find a photo on the omninet), shrink to scale, and then print out as many as you need. White decal film will be good for representing beer labels that were printed on paper, but for labels on contemporary PET bottles clear decal film may be more appropriate, depending on the label design.

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Posted: Wednesday, November 05, 2014 - 10:52 AM UTC
Bill,
Since you have the DEF water bottle labels, why don't you scan them and print them on white decal paper? You could copy and paste the scan and print a whole sheet of them. I think clear decal paper would make them near invisible. You paid for the labels and they are for your own private use only, so there's no piracy there.
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Posted: Thursday, November 06, 2014 - 04:54 AM UTC
Matt, I think you might be on to something. Let me check that out. Thanks to all of you. I'm actually surprised someone like Georg Eyerman (Decalomaniacs) hasn't jumped on this or that Spanish dude who's always uploading graphics in 1/35th scale like posters and boxes.
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Posted: Thursday, November 06, 2014 - 05:36 AM UTC

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or that Spanish dude who's always uploading graphics in 1/35th scale like posters and boxes.

I think he did. That's who I think has uploaded some labels. He has beer and water cases, for sure, but I thought he had labels as well.

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Posted: Thursday, November 06, 2014 - 06:23 AM UTC

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or that Spanish dude who's always uploading graphics in 1/35th scale like posters and boxes.

I think he did. That's who I think has uploaded some labels. He has beer and water cases, for sure, but I thought he had labels as well.

Paul


Why doesn't somebody reach out and chat with him?

http://www.fcmodeltips.com/search/label/descargas%20downloads
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Posted: Thursday, November 06, 2014 - 06:48 AM UTC
Thanks, Jason, but I can't find anyway to leave a message.
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Posted: Thursday, November 06, 2014 - 06:56 AM UTC

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Thanks, Jason, but I can't find anyway to leave a message.


Click on the Facebook logo on the page and go to the FCModeltips Facebook blog.
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Posted: Thursday, November 06, 2014 - 10:12 AM UTC
Done, thanks!
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