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US 9,815,318 B1Granted
Method of creating weathering effects on models
OwnerJoseph Steimann, Edward Hoffman Bauerinventors
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Abstract
A method of weathering scale and un-scale models comprising creating a custom illustration of a weathering effect such as rust streak, splashed and splattered mud, oil and grease, grime, a crease, a dent, burns and other effects on a background, making an image of the painting and printing the image onto a receptive coating to create a decal, and the decal is applied to the model thereby creating a weathering effect.
Claims18
A method of providing a weathering effect for a model comprising
- a) illustrating the weathering effect;
- b) copying the weathering effect to form a copy;
- c) formatting the copy to the desired size and color intensity;
- d) printing the copy in white ink onto a transparent medium;
- e) printing the copy in colored ink over the copy in white ink to create a decal, and
- f) mounting the decal onto the model to create a weathering effect on the model;
- wherein the transparent medium around the decal does not need to be trimmed before mounting.
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A method of providing a weathering effect for a model comprising
- a) illustrating the weathering effect;
- b) copying the weathering effect to form a copy;
- c) formatting the copy to the desired size and color intensity;
- d) printing the copy in white ink onto a transparent medium;
- e) printing the copy in colored ink over the copy in white ink to create a decal, and
- f) mounting the decal onto the model to create the weathering effect on the model;
- wherein the transparent medium around the colored ink copy does not need to be trimmed before mounting;
- and
- wherein illustrating weathering effect is selected from the media group consisting of acrylic paints, oil paints, photography, pencils, prints, water colors, oils, pastels, markers, dry brushes, chalks, airbrush, sponge application, cotton swab application, make up brush, and dust applicators.
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A method of providing a weathering effect for a model comprising
- a) illustrating the weathering effect;
- b) copying the weathering effects to form a copy;
- c) formatting the copy to the desired size, color intensity;
- and
- d) printing the copy in white ink onto a transparent medium
- e) printing the copy in colored ink over the copy in white ink to create a decal, and
- f) mounting the water slide decal onto the model to create a weathering effect on the model;
- wherein the transparent medium around the colored copy does not need to be trimmed before mounting;
- wherein the medium comprises four layers:
- (1) a water-absorbing porous backing sheet,
- (2) a water soluble resin-coating applied to said backing sheet,
- (3) a waterproof film-forming resin coating, and
- (4) a waterproof media receptive coating.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.