Aloha and Welcome to my small speck of cyberspace! Dec 8, 2010 is the birth date of my blog. Never had one before, but my son encouraged me to have one, and it seemed like a good way to at least keep a log of my RC airplane building and flying. With the initial design kicked off by my son, I'll carry on from here and have fun with it. Now that I have it, I will use it to also keep track of my oil painting efforts, and any other ideas, hobbies, travels, or whatever else that come up. LIFE IS GOOD!

Update on 02/25/2011. It's been a few months since I began this blog, and I am enjoying creating and having it! I like documenting the things I have done in my hobbies, and sharing with my small family. I think Jer and Tad actually view it fairly regularly, as a means to see what I've been up to lately. At worst, it serves as a reference for my own use.

Update on 12/22/2011. This blog stuff is habit forming. My blog is a year old now, and I make an entry about every other day or so as that seems to be the frequency of doing something in one of my hobbies. Like my hobbies, this blog is a lot of fun, and it has become in itself another hobby that I enjoy.

Years are flying by...update on 01/11/2013. Still enjoying maintaining this blog even though hardly anyone sees it. I don't advertise it anywhere or to anyone, and it is mainly just a way for me to keep my own notes and thoughts on my flying, painting, and cars. If a stranger happens upon it, I think it is by pressing NEXT at the top of the current blog they are visiting, lol. It's a great device for me.

August 2014: still here! Took up flying RC helicopters one year ago and got hooked. Had flown micro Helis up to then, but got serious with 450 size for a couple months, then bought the Goblin 500 and Gaui X5 . Also got my Boxster in April 2013. Most importantly, Ariel was born 12/02/12 followed by Skylar 07/20/13, and they are little beacons of joy in our lives. Life is indeed good!!!

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Pennzoil Decal with Cricut

I had some fun making a pair of Pennzoil vinyl decals for my Aeroworks Ultimate with the Cricut.  I found this logo online:
 
Of course, I cannot reproduce that exactly since I am limited to sheets of vinyl that are pre-colored.  So I ran that logo through Inkscape, then SCAL2, and came up with this finished vinyl decal today:
ACTUALLY the only shape that survived the process is that red bell.  The outline is from the online logo.  I recreated the letters with a font in SCAL2, and likewise redid the oval.  Both were badly shaped after Inkscape.  As it is these letters are not sharp, but are good enough, because the Cricut just is not capable of making sharp angles.  It is good with straight lines and gentle curves, but not the sharp corners in the letters.  Still, I am happy with the result and they will go on my plane.  Stand 3' away, and they look good, so these are Standoff Scale decals.  :)  BTW, I purposely chose that dark yellow to match my plane.  I have a lighter yellow that matches the online logo better, but not the Monokote on my plane.  Similarly the blue letters match the blue on my plane, so I went with that rather than black.  That is one of the added benefits of making my own decals...I can alter their colors, as well as size, to match my planes.
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