Kyle22 Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Does anyone know if there is a place that makes original size, material, texture, font nameplates? It would most likely cost too much for a small run of 150 or so, but I'd like to know if anyone has made anything like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venom4728a Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 I would take 3 if these get made. Robert 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irgendwer Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 A new plate like shown would mean infringement against a trademark. But it would be possible to create a transparent overlay for the original plate, only containing the "Incognito"-label (TBH I would find "800i" more appealing). If you want to go the do-it-yourself way, maybe my old post here http://atariage.com/forums/topic/164920-600xl-badge/?do=findComment&comment=2039614 helps.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle22 Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 A new plate like shown would mean infringement against a trademark. But it would be possible to create a transparent overlay for the original plate, only containing the "Incognito"-label (TBH I would find "800i" more appealing). If you want to go the do-it-yourself way, maybe my old post here http://atariage.com/forums/topic/164920-600xl-badge/?do=findComment&comment=2039614 helps.... I know about the trademark, but I highly doubt that Atari's lawyers would even bother with such a small private project. I considered the transparent overlay, but I don't think it will adhere properly to the textured label on the 800. Yours look nice on an XL, but I'm looking for something that matches the 800. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eeun Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 (edited) Does anyone know if there is a place that makes original size, material, texture, font nameplates? It would most likely cost too much for a small run of 150 or so, but I'd like to know if anyone has made anything like this. Atari800I.jpg Something like this? Still working on the colour, and trying to work out a way of getting the water-slide decals to lie flat without getting air trapped behind, which shows up as silvery spots once the decal dries. There's also a visible difference on the decal's finish and the and plastic behind. It's a bit more flat / matte. And they're fragile. First scratch with a fingernail, and it's damaged. A printing shop small batch of stickers would probably be better. Since only the word "Incognito" is being printed, so copyright is no issue - at least from Atari... I should probably run it by Master of Gizmo first. Edited April 9, 2016 by eeun 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle22 Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 That looks nice. Did you have any problem getting the decal to stick to the surface of the nameplate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eeun Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 The decal paper I have has a pretty good glue on it. The surface ink is likely to be damaged before anything pulls the whole decal off. But that wouldn't take too much either. Either way the more I think about it, it's probably too fragile to consider as an option. For anyone wanting to give it a try anyway: A number of hobby shops on/offline sell the decal paper (both for inklet and laser) in letter size sheets. I just ran it through my Samsung laser. The text was printed from Open Office using the SF Atarian font at 22pt. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 (edited) I was thinking if someone was a good icon artist we could get a sheet of small stickers for all the 8-Bit mods. So like the 'Intel Inside' sticker you could have U1MB Inside. If you didn't want to clutter the case with stickers you could put them on the underside. http://pictureimage.whak.com/signs/sign-generator/?allow=016&text=U1MB%0D%0AInside&font=Intel&color=blue&fontsize=60&x=126&y=120&move2=126&move=120&rot=0&pic=Intel-Inside-Logo&height=&width=&offx=5&offy=5&spacing=&gradient=&tag=&bubble=&bubH=&bubW=&watermark=&background=&border=&picURL=&shade=&shadecolor=white Edited April 23, 2016 by Frankie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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