Custom Decal Designing

Custom Decal Requests are very common for us and we will gladly custom create decals just for you. Decals will be listed for public sale if not requested and paid for as an exclusive decal design.

Under most circumstances, we will only create custom decals for your project as long as the decals are not readily available from another decal maker. Out of respect to our competition, we will buy their decals and apply them to a model if requested if they have already done the hard work of designing the decals. We respect their business and we hope they respect ours.

Custom decals require quite a few photos to get the process started. These photos need to show all sides of the desired vehicle, close-ups of details like badges, patches, license plates, seals or other logos or insignia. All photos need to be taken in good light, as straight-on as possible and at the proper perspective. Get on an even level with the vehicle, you will probably have to crouch. This will allow us to get a better idea and image to work from to know how the real decals fit on the real vehicle. Digital images of badges, patches and logos that appear on the vehicle also come in handy.

For examples of necessary photos and example of how to take images, please click here.

The custom design process can take as little as a few days to a couple weeks to get right. More complex designs obviously take more time to get right. We will first design the decals then size them to your desired model. We make every effort to ensure our decals will look great and fit your model before you receive them.

Cardinal Police Diecast does reserve the right to refuse any custom design request for any reason. This does seldom happen, but it is possible that a design is too complex, no source material in terms of logos, badges, and/or seals are available, and a lack of good reference images to design from.

​Incomplete or unpaid orders that were requested as an exclusive design fee may be posted for public sale and advertised to show design quality, print quality, decal quality or for any other reason. If the customer returns to finish the order, a custom design fee and/or an exclusive design fee will still be charged to the original requesting customer as the design was created for the requesting customer. An exclusive design fee can also be added at any time and stop public sale of the decal design. Sales made for the design being made exclusive will still be fulfilled if in process while exclusivity is being requested.

If you'd like to get started on a custom design request, please contact us!