About time I shared what's happening with Electra on this august forum (though if you've been following my Facebook feed, you'll have a good idea).

I have been put in touch with a firm of printers who are able to take my artwork and print and cut it onto clear vinyl (including [printing in white). I have been to-ing and fro-ing some artworks and the results are, quite frankly, stunning. As a result, I have decided to outsource all my printing, leaving me more time to concentrate on development and modelling, rather than struggling with sheets of vinyl and cutting machines!

Price-wise, I should be able to keep things pretty much the same and I can still take small one-off jobs (though there may be an extra cost here). I'm still waiting to find out exactly how much the various bits will be.

Quality wise, it is a BIG step forward - the clear film for the windows allows me to add details like windscreen wipers, no smoking signs and window bars. It materis is much thinner than before and the white edges are hardly noticable now.

Here's a look at a 4-VEP...

Great news! The 4-VEP looks stunning

Good to hear you have found a workable solution to your woes of recent 

cheers John.

This development makes sense as it will probably be required for the latest coach bodies
However, the finer detail should be left to the modeller, unless there is an option to include / exclude them
I personally would exclude the window stickers as I add these to each coach individually, as they are often in differing locations or missing

Good to see you back Adam.  Our hobby needs people like you..  Thank You..

Looking good Adam - that VEP looks great! It's nice when what appears to be a disaster turns into an opportunity to take a significant step forward.

Great news Adam.  The 4-VEP vinyls look great.

I shall be putting my order in shortly...

Quote from: Greybeema on May 13, 2013, 09:58:56 PM
Good to see you back Adam.  Our hobby needs people like you..  Thank You..

Here, here.

Very nice indeed - I like the little no smoking signs. BTW if your friendly printer can do it you should be able to lose the white edge entirely by getting the white ink mask running almost but not quite to the colour edge. It will depend if their printing kit can do partial white layers or has to white under everything else or nothing.

Alan

Adam, that looks superb, delighted to hear you are progressing, that sounds like a mega breakthrough!!!!
SImon

Great news, Adam.
Here's to a new future