Quick build: Lesu MCL8 Wheel Loader

[jerry56]

I'm also glad to see more bui8lds.... I gotta get my self in gear....
I like the Sunbelt colors too....
Did you buy the decals somewhere or make them....

[Blender]

Originally Posted by jerry56

I'm also glad to see more bui8lds.... I gotta get my self in gear....
I like the Sunbelt colors too....
Did you buy the decals somewhere or make them....

Great to hear Jerry. We'd all like some fresh content.

The green was kind of an accident. The proper machine should be yellow and grey. Almost all brands are yellow or orange which is no fun. I found a neon green paint so I went with it. Already had several cans of light grey. After it was painted I randomly drove by a Sunbelt yard and that made it click. I had to continue the theme.

The decals were of my own design. For this and the Hitachi excavator I used Inkscape drawing program. It's free, but kind of confusing. It creates "vector" images so they can be printed in very high resolution. I'm bad at the software, but eventually I can bump my way through it. As for printing I had previously asked a local vinyl guy. He can print stuff that small, but can't cutout each letter. Instead I used drytransfer.com which does some kind of filmless decal. Not sure how they make them but the result is adhesive only under the ink with a top sheet to align each loose letter. This guy does the smallest minimum order size, but they're still expensive. Kind of hard to put on too so I always put spares on the sheet. I should clearcoat over them for protection, but I never actually do.

Here's the remainder of the 4x6" sheet: