Hi Bob,
Yes I can certainly recommend making your own
decals, I am doing it quite a lot these days and it helps you to do a nice custom finish on a model where you want to do something different to that supplied in the kits.
Printing white
decals is still a tricky subject, unless you have a printer that can actually print white, most of us have standard computer printers but you can still get impressive results with them and the right decal paper.
The Bonus is the internet where you can just about find any image you want for your
decals.
A little tip, I usually save my
decals into Microsoft paint as this will keep them at their original size...when you are ready to resize or print out your decal sheet I highlight and copy each one separately into Microsoft Word and resize as necessary (if you try to resize in paint it will start ruining the image and go distorted) resize in word and you have no problems at all. I usually build up a full sheet of
decals in word to save wasting paper and give me a few spares should anything go wrong. Once you have built your sheet up, save it and you have it ready to reprint as often as you like.
As for a Military font do a google for Amarillo font (no not that place in the song !!!) it is the standard US Military font and can be found for free on the net.
Regards.......Mark.