Brian,
Hell, I don't know. I do know that the current decals are copies of the Italian varnish transfers. Flags should be the same. I know that I have some original Italian transfers at work...I'll take a look tomorrow.
I'm in on the decal project.
Later, Jim
Brian Baylis wrote:
> David,
>
> Crap, now I'm goint to have to look a old bikes and decals. I never
> noticed there was a difference (are you sure you don't have too much
> time on your hands?) but I would be interested in the answer. I'm sure
> Jim Allen knows the story, since I think he is the prime source for
> modern versions of Masi decals. Jim? Haven't heard from you lately;
> would like to hear what you know on this subject.
>
> Personally, I would be surprised if it had anything to do with
> copyrights, but stranger things have happened.
>
> Brian Baylis
> La Mesa, CA
>
>> I was comparing the flags used on the down tube decal on my GC and noticed a
>> strange discrepency. It seems that on all of the older US Masis, the flags
>> used are: Belgium (Black-Red-Yellow vertical bands), Italian, Swiss, French
>> and United States. On the Masi I have (which is a repaint with decals
>> furnished by Masi USA) the flags used are: German (Black-Red-Yellow
>> horizontal bands), Luxembourg or Netherlands (Red-White-Blue horizontal
>> bands), Spain(?) (Red-Yellow-Red hiorizontal bands), Finland (Blue Cross on
>> White field), Austria(?) (Red-White-Red horizontal bands), Sweden (Yellow
>> cross on Blue field). My question is, why are the flags used so different
>> from the early Masi decals? Is there some copyright problem that keeps the
>> currently available decals from using the original flag lineup?
>>
>> David Goerndt