US Divers Navy MK II tank decals Done

[sheriffdiver]

Just picked up some test decals from the print shop guy doing some US Divers Navy MKII tank decals for the 50 cubic foot tanks. The sliver one is for the Silver tanks and it still needs gold lettering for the NAVY MK.II decal and the scuba tank inside the round decal. The gold one is for the black tanks and it just needs a lighter shade of yellow and it will be good to go. This version is too much Gold color..

[nikeajax]

Very nice: two color silk-screened, or one color for the goldenrod... Did they do the graphics, or did you? I'm glad these aren't done on a plotter, like a lot of vinyl graphics these days, at least it doesn't look like it to me.

JB

[sheriffdiver]

Nov 25, 2016 16:56:55 GMT -8 nikeajax said:

Very nice: two color silk-screened, or one color for the goldenrod... Did they do the graphics, or did you? I'm glad these aren't done on a plotter, like a lot of vinyl graphics these days, at least it doesn't look like it to me.

JB

They did the graphics. If you look closely at the letters, they are split in spots. Very time consuming. He hopes to get them fixed by next week. Nobody makes these!!

[nikeajax]

As a professional graphic artist, I know just how time consuming getting things just right can be! I'm working on a JC Higgins label, and really appreciate the time and effort to make things look correct. Sometimes people don't get the font right and it just looks weird because the typography isn't harmonious...

JB

[diverdon]

Those'r starting to shape up nicely! Will they be available for purchase? And if so, do you have a guestimate as to their cost.

Thanks and keep up the good work!

DD

[sheriffdiver]

Nov 26, 2016 6:34:50 GMT -8 diverdon said:

Those'r starting to shape up nicely! Will they be available for purchase? And if so, do you have a guestimate as to their cost.

Thanks and keep up the good work!

DD

I hope to be able to sell some. There has to be a few people looking for them... I hope they can go for around $10 or less for each pair. I still have to get him to make the ones for the yellow tanks. Then he can do the larger round decals for the aluminum tanks. I've seen the Professional stickers for the top of the tanks but not the lower round labels. He seems to think those will be no problem. Just enlarge these decals. I just want them for all my doubles because the decals never line up straight again once taken apart.

[sheriffdiver]

Picked up the finished decals for the 1973-74 Era US Divers 50 cubic foot aluminum tanks. The Blue and Silver ones are for the silver tanks. The Yellow and Black are for the black tanks. I have not done the decals for the yellow tanks yet. We struggled a little to hit the right yellow color and low and behold, we found the right yellow. It looks bright yellow but when applied to the tank the black comes through and makes it a greenish yellow like the originals. These are very nice reproductions and close to the originals. I really didn't want to make an exact copy of the originals. I think these are a better cleaned up version. The Center circle lettering is just a little smaller but you really have to know what you're looking for and would need to compare next to an original if you didn't know the difference.

[sheriffdiver]

Here are the new decals applied to my original 1974 US Divers 50 cubic foot tank.

[sheriffdiver]

New decals are applied to my 1973 US Divers NAVY MKII 50 cubic foot tanks...