A recent discussion about Nelson-Wiggen labels lead me to suggest
that I should be able to photograph the label on my 4X, clean it up
with PhotoShop, and then print it on inkjet printable decal paper
(used often for model railroads, etc).  As I started working on this,
I realized that our scanner was a much better tool than the camera,
and that the decal I have is so sheer that I can see the brass screws
of the xylophone through it.  I'm sending the scanned decal (no
clean-up editing yet).

I also wondered what was available on-line, and I have found nothing
at all that looks like mine.  There are no copyright or trademark
marks on the decal, so I have no idea how old my decal actually is.
I am betting it isn't original, but who knows!  One old message on
this list did mention decals that sounded a lot like mine, but it
was from 1997.

I would like to know:

1) What era or style or whatever is my current decal?
2) Is this artwork still under copyright?

I will happily share my PhotoShop results if I won't violate someone's
copyright.

My biggest goal here is to be able to clean up the image and save it
for later, since at some point I may need a new decal!  Having done
that, it would also be nice to know what I have and if I can share it
with others.

Thank you in advance for your help,
Monica Jones

 [ I'll put the decal image at the MMD Pictures site,
 [ http://www.mmdigest.com/Gallery/Pictures/  -- Robbie